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Chemical contamination assessment in mangrove-lined Caribbean coastal systems using the oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae as biomonitor species

(2017) Javier R. Aguirre-Rubí et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

De Novo Genome and Transcriptome Assembly of the Canadian Beaver ( Castor canadensis )

(2017) Si Lok et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Subterranean mammals show convergent regression in ocular genes and enhancers, along with adaptation to tunneling

(2017) Raghavendran Partha et al.   eLife

The Genome of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)

(2017) Samantha Jones et al.   Genes

Paraoxonases-1, -2 and -3: What are their functions?

(2016) Clement E. Furlong et al.   CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

Current-use pesticides in seawater and their bioaccumulation in polar bear-ringed seal food chains of the Canadian Arctic

(2016) Adam D. Morris et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Hundreds of Genes Experienced Convergent Shifts in Selective Pressure in Marine Mammals

(2016) Maria Chikina et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Talpid Mole Phylogeny Unites Shrew Moles and Illuminates Overlooked Cryptic Species Diversity

(2016) Kai He et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A draft fur seal genome provides insights into factors affecting SNP validation and how to mitigate them

(2016) E. Humble et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Transcriptomic and epigenomic characterization of the developing bat wing

(2016) Walter L Eckalbar et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Mouse Genome Database (MGD)-2017: community knowledge resource for the laboratory mouse

(2016) Judith A. Blake et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Combining information for monitoring at large spatial scales: First statewide abundance estimate of the Florida manatee

(2015) Julien Martin et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Molecular evolution tracks macroevolutionary transitions in Cetacea

(2014) Michael R. McGowen et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

NextGenMap: fast and accurate read mapping in highly polymorphic genomes

(2013) Fritz J. Sedlazeck et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

A multi-calibrated mitochondrial phylogeny of extant Bovidae (Artiodactyla, Ruminantia) and the importance of the fossil record to systematics

(2013) Faysal Bibi   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

De novo assembly and characterization of spotted seal Phoca largha transcriptome using Illumina paired-end sequencing

(2013) Xianggang Gao et al.   Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics

Diet Shapes the Evolution of the Vertebrate Bitter Taste Receptor Gene Repertoire

(2013) Diyan Li et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Minke whale genome and aquatic adaptation in cetaceans

(2013) Hyung-Soon Yim et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Dietary innovations spurred the diversification of ruminants during the Caenozoic

(2013) J. L. Cantalapiedra et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolution of Mammalian Diving Capacity Traced by Myoglobin Net Surface Charge

(2013) S. Mirceta et al.   SCIENCE

Baiji genomes reveal low genetic variability and new insights into secondary aquatic adaptations

(2013) Xuming Zhou et al.   Nature Communications

Genome analysis reveals insights into physiology and longevity of the Brandt’s bat Myotis brandtii

(2013) Inge Seim et al.   Nature Communications

A glimpse on the pattern of rodent diversification: a phylogenetic approach

(2012) Pierre-Henri Fabre et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Coping with physiological oxidative stress: a review of antioxidant strategies in seals

(2012) José Pablo Vázquez-Medina et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Catalytic Versatility and Backups in Enzyme Active Sites: The Case of Serum Paraoxonase 1

(2012) Moshe Ben-David et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Polar and brown bear genomes reveal ancient admixture and demographic footprints of past climate change

(2012) W. Miller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular signatures database (MSigDB) 3.0

(2011) A. Liberzon et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification

(2011) R. W. Meredith et al.   SCIENCE

Differential antioxidant protection in tissues from marine mammals with distinct diving capacities. Shallow/short vs. deep/long divers

(2010) Nadiezhda Cantú-Medellín et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

A Novel Method to Detect Proteins Evolving at Correlated Rates: Identifying New Functional Relationships between Coevolving Proteins

(2010) Nathaniel L. Clark et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Physiological Response of Wild Dugongs (Dugong dugon) to Out-of-Water Sampling for Health Assessment

(2010) Janet M. Lanyon et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Regressive Evolution inAstyanaxCavefish

(2009) William R. Jeffery   Annual Review of Genetics

Paraoxonases role in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases

(2009) Mira Rosenblat et al.   BIOFACTORS

bioDBnet: the biological database network

(2009) Uma Mudunuri et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools

(2009) H. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

GOrilla: a tool for discovery and visualization of enriched GO terms in ranked gene lists

(2009) Eran Eden et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Monitoring pesticides in the Great Barrier Reef

(2009) Melanie Shaw et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

SeaView Version 4: A Multiplatform Graphical User Interface for Sequence Alignment and Phylogenetic Tree Building

(2009) M. Gouy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Divergence date estimation and a comprehensive molecular tree of extant cetaceans

(2009) Michael R. McGowen et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The mammalian phenotype ontology: enabling robust annotation and comparative analysis

(2009) Cynthia L. Smith et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Systems Biology and Medicine

Molecular Decay of the Tooth Gene Enamelin (ENAM) Mirrors the Loss of Enamel in the Fossil Record of Placental Mammals

(2009) Robert W. Meredith et al.   PLoS Genetics

Aquatic risk assessment of pesticides in surface waters in and adjacent to the Everglades and Biscayne National Parks: I. Hazard assessment and problem formulation

(2008) John F. Carriger et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Hydrodynamic flow control in marine mammals

(2008) F. E. Fish et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

From Aquatic to Terrestrial Food Webs: Decrease of the Docosahexaenoic Acid/Linoleic Acid Ratio

(2008) Apostolos-Manuel Koussoroplis et al.   LIPIDS

Assessing the gene space in draft genomes

(2008) Genis Parra et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The Vestigial Olfactory Receptor Subgenome of Odontocete Whales: Phylogenetic Congruence between Gene-Tree Reconciliation and Supermatrix Methods

(2008) Michael R. McGowen et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) status and substrate hydrolysis

(2008) Rebecca J. Richter et al.   TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY