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Oncology
Golrokh Mirzaei
Summary: This study explores the use of chromosomal rearrangements for cancer classification and highlights the significance of interchromosomal rearrangements in cancer prediction. The findings suggest that interchromosomal rearrangements are more effective than intrachromosomal rearrangements for cancer prediction.
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Entomology
Xinyu Ge, Haoming Zang, Xiaoyun Ye, Lang Peng, Beixin Wang, Gang Lian, Changhai Sun
Summary: This study investigated the characteristics and evolutionary processes of mitochondrial genomes in the Hydropsychidae family of insects. The researchers discovered novel rearrangements of protein-coding genes, providing new insights into the mechanisms and patterns of mitogenome rearrangements in Hydropsychidae. Additionally, phylogenetic analyses strongly supported the monophyly of four subfamilies within Hydropsychidae.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Daniel A. Zhigila, Emmanuel I. Aigbokhan, A. Muthama Muasya
Summary: The article describes and illustrates Tinnea gombea, an endemic species in the Sudan savanna grasslands in northern Nigeria, using integrative evidence from morphology, ecology, and molecular phylogenetics. The new species is similar to T. barteri and T. aethiopica in terms of morphology and ecology but can be distinguished by unique characters. The distribution, habitat, and molecular evidence also support T. gombea as a distinct species. However, due to its small population and limited conservation prioritization, T. gombea is assessed as Critically Endangered.
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Plant Sciences
Ana Rita G. Simoes, Lauren A. Eserman, Alexandre R. Zuntini, Lars W. Chatrou, Timothy M. A. Utteridge, Olivier Maurin, Saba Rokni, Shyamali Roy, Felix Forest, William J. Baker, Sasa Stefanovic
Summary: This study uses a large dataset of nuclear genes to provide support for resolving phylogenetic uncertainties within the Convolvulaceae family. It confirms that Cuscuta belongs within the family, but challenges the monophyly of Merremieae and provides novel relationships within Dicranostyloideae. The exact placements of Erycibe and Cuscuta remain uncertain and require further investigation.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Genetics & Heredity
Zhengfei Wang, Xinyi Xu, Yuqing Zheng, Jie Wang, Qian Yu, Bo Liu
Summary: This study determined the mitochondrial genomes of four species of Coenobitidae and Albuneidae, providing valuable information on the gene rearrangement patterns and evolutionary status of Anomuran species. The results revealed the polyphyly of Anomura and the presence of various peculiar mitochondrial gene orders. These findings contribute to the systematic rearrangement and phylogenetic analyses of Anomura.
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Microbiology
Ya-Rong Wang, Yu-Cheng Dai, Hong-Gao Liu, Josef Vlasak, Peter Buchanan, Yuan Yuan, Ying-Da Wu
Summary: Megasporoporia sensu lato has been intensively studied in China and South America, resulting in the recognition of four genera and 36 species within this genus. This study analyzed more samples and described six new species, as well as provided an identification key to these species.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
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Zoology
Milan Koch, Vassily A. Spiridonov, Zdenek Duris
Summary: Swimming crabs of the genus Portunus were revised based on genetic markers and morphological comparison, leading to the discovery of polyphyletic and paraphyletic composition of several genera. The revised composition divided Monomia, Portunus, and Xiphonectes into new genera, and the subfamily Portuninae now consists of 11 genera.
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2023)
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Genetics & Heredity
Fei Ye, Hu Li, Qiang Xie
Summary: This study sequenced the first mitogenomes of Holoptilinae and Emesinae, detected novel gene orders, and confirmed Reduviidae as a 'hot-spot group' of gene rearrangement in Heteroptera.
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Microbiology
Ying Zhang, Yupei Zhou, Wei Sun, Lili Zhao, D. Pavlic-Zupanc, Pedro W. Crous, Bernard Slippers, Yucheng Dai
Summary: This study reevaluated 16 species of the genus Botryosphaeria through multi-gene phylogeny and morphological analysis, resulting in the reclassification and reassignment of some species within the genus.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
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Genetics & Heredity
Chi Zhang, Kun Zhang, Ying Peng, Jianshe Zhou, Yifan Liu, Bingjian Liu
Summary: The complete mitochondrial genomes of three Garra species were studied, along with the mechanisms of rearrangements that occur in their genomes. It was found that these species had rearranged mitochondrial genomes compared to other fish, possibly through a process of replication and loss. These findings provide a foundation for future phylogenetic studies.
FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Bilal, Md. Arfan Ali, Janet E. Nichol, Max P. Bleiweiss, Gerrit de Leeuw, Alaa Mhawish, Yuan Shi, Usman Mazhar, Tariq Mehmood, Jhoon Kim, Zhongfeng Qiu, Wenmin Qin, Majid Nazeer
Summary: Numerous studies have attempted to classify aerosols into different types using only AOD and AE, but these parameters do not provide enough information for accurate classification. A new approach called AEROSA is introduced to provide information on aerosol amount and size based on AOD and AE, without claiming specific aerosol types. AEROSA can accommodate variations in location and season, unlike the traditional GA aerosol types.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Entomology
Chen-Guang Zheng, Zheng Liu, Yan-Min Zhao, Yang Wang, Wen-Jun Bu, Xin-Hua Wang, Xiao-Long Lin
Summary: This study sequenced and analyzed the complete mitogenomes of seven Stenochironomus species and identified a synapomorphic gene rearrangement. It also found that the mitogenomes of Stenochironomus have a higher A+T bias. The study provides new insights into the mitochondrial gene order of Chironomidae and contributes to understanding synapomorphic gene rearrangements.
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Plant Sciences
Xiaodong Xu, Xuexiu Li, Dong Wang
Summary: A robust backbone phylogeny is fundamental for developing a stable classification and is instructive for further research. However, it was still not available for Corydalis DC., a taxonomically notoriously difficult genus. In this study, we constructed backbone phylogeny and estimated the divergence of Corydalis based on plastome data. Our analyses recovered main clades and provided support for the majority of lineages within Corydalis. We also found unusual plastome structural rearrangements, which supported our phylogeny and revealed the unreliability of some diagnostic characters in Corydalis.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Torsten Eriksson, Nannie L. Persson, Jenny E. E. Smedmark
Summary: The classification of Potentilla has historically varied greatly, with some collapsing it into a single genus and others dividing it into multiple genera. A phylogenetic perspective is used to discuss and achieve a reasonable classification based on a monophyletic clade. Other criteria, such as history, stability, gene flow, information content, and identification ease, are also taken into account.
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Evolutionary Biology
Donald L. J. Quicke, Jovana M. Jasso-Martinez, A. P. Ranjith, Michael J. Sharkey, Ramya Manjunath, Suresh Naik, Paul D. N. Hebert, Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan, Jessa Thurman, Buntika A. Butcher
Summary: This study uses molecular phylogenetic analysis of four gene fragments to assess the generic relationships within the parasitoid wasp subfamily Braconinae. The results support the recognition of existing tribes and the addition of three new tribes. The placement of Amyosoma Viereck within one of the new tribes is discussed, while a preliminary key to tribes and revised differentiation characters are presented.
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)
