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  • Increasing numbers and intercontinental spread of invasive insects on eucalypts 
    Hurley, Brett Phillip; Garnas, Jeffrey R.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Branco, Manuela; Richardson, David M.; Slippers, Bernard (Springer, 2016-04)
    Native to Australasia, Eucalyptus (sensu lato) is one of the most planted genera of trees in the world. However, the sustainability of Eucalyptus species as plantation trees in non-native areas is increasingly threatened ...
  • Induced somatic sector analysis of cellulose synthase (CesA) promoter regions in woody stem tissues 
    Creux, Nicole Marie; Bossinger, Gerd; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Spokevicius, Antanas V. (Springer, 2012-03)
    The increasing focus on plantation forestry as a renewable source of cellulosic biomass has emphasized the need for tools to study the unique biology of woody genera such as Eucalyptus, Populus and Pinus. The domestication ...
  • Inducing controlled cell cycle arrest and re-entry during asexual proliferation of plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites 
    Van Biljon, Riette Andele; Niemand, Jandeli; Clark, Katherine; Verlinden, Bianca K.; Abrie, Clarissa; Von Gruning, Hilde; Smidt, Werner; Smit, Annel; Reader, Janette; Painter, Heather; Llinas, Manuel; Doerig, Christian; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie (Nature Publishing Group, 2018-11-08)
    The life cycle of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is tightly regulated, oscillating between stages of intense proliferation and quiescence. Cyclic 48-hour asexual replication of Plasmodium is markedly different ...
  • The influence of a toxic cyanobacterial bloom and water hydrology on algal populations and macro-invertebrate abundance in the upper littoral zone of Lake Krugersdrift, South Africa 
    Oberholster, Paul Johan; Botha, Anna-Maria; Ashton, Peter J. (Springer, 2009)
    The biological interactions and the physical and chemical properties of the littoral zone of Lake Krugersdrift were studied for a 4-month period when a dense, toxic cyanobacterial bloom dominated by Microcystis aeruginosa ...
  • The influence of behaviour and physiology on abundance and distribution relationships 
    Warren, Marie; Robertson, Mark P.; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree) (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
    Abiotic factors, biotic factors and dispersal ability affect distribution and abundance. Due to their intimate host association, pollinating fig wasps are expected to occupy the entire distribution of their host fig. ...
  • Influence of reproductive biology on establishment capacity in introduced Hymenoptera species 
    Queffelec, Josephine; Allison, Jeremy D.; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree); Slippers, Bernard (Springer, 2021-02)
    Introduced species face numerous biological barriers before they can establish in a new environment. Understanding how they overcome these obstacles is crucial for the development of effective risk assessment and regulation. ...
  • The influence of surface soil physicochemistry on the edaphic bacterial communities in contrasting terrain types of the Central Namib Desert 
    Gombeer, S.; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Eckardt, Frank; Seely, Mary; Cowan, Don A. (Wiley, 2015-09)
    Notwithstanding, the severe environmental conditions, deserts harbour a high diversity of adapted micro-organisms. In such oligotrophic environments, soil physicochemical characteristics play an important role in shaping ...
  • Influence of the community of associates on Sirex noctilio brood production is contextual 
    Haavik, Laurel J.; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Dodds, Kevin J.; Scarr, Taylor; Turgeon, Jean J.; Allison, Jeremy D. (Wiley, 2020-06)
    1. Competition and predation are important components of biotic resistance, which helps define the invasibility of an ecosystem. 2. To search for evidence of biotic resistance to the European woodwasp, Sirex noctilio ...
  • Inherent biophysical stability of foot-and-mouth disease SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3 viruses 
    Scott, Katherine Anne; Maake, Lorens; Botha, Elizabeth; Theron, Jacques; Maree, Francois Frederick (Elsevier, 2019-04)
    Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus (FMDV) isolates show variation in their ability to withstand an increase in temperature. The FMDV is surprisingly thermolabile, even though this virus is probably subjected to a strong ...
  • Inheritance of deleterious mutations at both BRCA1 and BRCA2 in an international sample of 32,295 women 
    Rebbeck, Timothy R.; Friebel, Tara M.; Mitra, Nandita; Wan, Fei; Chen, Stephanie; Andrulis, Irene L.; Apostolou, Paraskevi; Arnold, Norbert; Arun, Banu K.; Barrowdale, Daniel; Benitez, Javier; Berger, Raanan; Berthet, Pascaline; Borg, Ake; Buys, Saundra S.; Carter, Jonathan; Chiquette, Jocelyne; Claes, Kathleen B.M.; Couch, Fergus J.; Cybulski, Cezary; Daly, Mary B.; De la Hoya, Miguel; Diez, Orland; Domchek, Susan M.; Nathanson, Katherine L.; Durda, Katarzyna; Ellis, Steve; EMBRACE; Evans, D. Gareth; Foretova, Lenka; Friedman, Eitan; Frost, Debra; Ganz, Patricia A.; Garber, Judy; Glendon, Gord; Godwin, Andrew K.; Greene, Mark H.; Gronwald, Jacek; Hahnen, Eric; Hallberg, Emily; Hamann, Ute; Hansen, Thomas V.O.; HEBON; Imyanitov, Evgeny N.; Isaacs, Claudine; Jakubowska, Anna; Janavicius, Ramunas; Jaworska-Bieniek, Katarzyna; John, Esther M.; Karlan, Beth Y.; Kaufman, Bella; KConFab investigators; Kwong, Ava; Laitman, Yael; Lasset, Christine; Lazaro, Conxi; Lester, Jenny; Loman, Niklas; Lubinski, Jan; Manoukian, Siranoush; Mitchell, Gillian; Montagna, Marco; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Niederacher, Dieter; Nussbaum, Robert L.; Offit, Kenneth; Olah, Edith; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Park, Sue Kyung; Piedmonte, Marion; Radice, Paolo; Rappaport-Fuerhauser, Christine; Rookus, Matti A.; Seynaeve, Caroline; Simard, Jacques; Singer, Christian F.; Soucy, Penny; Southey, Melissa; Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique; Sukiennicki, Grzegorz; Szabo, Csilla I.; Tancredi, Mariella; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Teo, Soo-Hwang; Terry, Mary Beth; Thomassen, Mads; Tihomirova, Laima; Tischkowitz, Marc; Toland, Amanda Ewart; Toloczko-Grabarek, Aleksandra; Tung, Nadine; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Villano, Danylo; Wang-Gohrke, Shan; Wappenschmidt, Barbara; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Zidan, Jamal; Zorn, Kristin K.; McGuffog, Lesley; Easton, Douglas; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Ramus, Susan J. (BioMed Central, 2016-11-11)
    BACKGROUND : Most BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers have inherited a single (heterozygous) mutation. Transheterozygotes (TH) who have inherited deleterious mutations in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 are rare, and the consequences ...
  • Inheritance of phenotypic traits in the progeny of a Ceratocystis interspecific cross 
    Fourie, Arista; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Loots, Mattheus Theodor; Barnes, Irene (Elsevier, 2018-07)
    Ceratocystis fimbriata is a fungal plant pathogen that causes black rot on Ipomoea batatas. Based on inoculation studies on numerous tree species, the pathogen is known to be host specific. The closely related species, ...
  • Insect associates of Ceratocystis albifundus and patterns of association in a native savanna ecosystem in South Africa 
    Heath, R.N. (Ronald Natale); Wingfield, Michael J.; Van Wyk, Marelize; Roux, Jolanda (Entomological Society of America, 2009)
    Species of Ceratocystis Ellis and Halstead s.l. include important plant pathogens such as C. albifundus Morris, De Beer, and M. J. Wingfield that causes a serious wilt disease of non-native, plantation-grown Acacia mearnsii ...
  • Insect gallers and their plant hosts : from omics data to systems biology 
    Oates, Caryn Nicole; Denby, Katherine J.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Slippers, Bernard; Naidoo, Sanushka (MDPI Publishing, 2016)
    Gall-inducing insects are capable of exerting a high level of control over their hosts’ cellular machinery to the extent that the plant’s development, metabolism, chemistry, and physiology are all altered in favour of ...
  • Insights into the evolution of multicellularity from the sea lettuce genome 
    De Clerck, Olivier; Kao, Shu-Min; Bogaert, Kenny A.; Blomme, Jonas; Foflonker, Fatima; Kwantes, Michiel; Vancaester, Emmelien; Vanderstraeten, Lisa; Aydogdu, Eylem; Boesger, Jens; Califano, Gianmaria; Charrier, Benedicte; Clewes, Rachel; Del Cortona, Andrea; D’Hondt, Sofie; Fernandez-Pozo, Noe; Gachon, Claire M.; Hanikenne, Marc; Lattermann, Linda; Leliaert, Frederik; Liu, Xiaojie; Maggs, Christine A.; Popper, Zoë A.; Raven, John A.; Van Bel, Michiel; Wilhelmsson, Per K.I.; Bhattacharya, Debashish; Coates, Juliet C.; Rensing, Stefan A.; Van der Straeten, Dominique; Vardi, Assaf; Sterck, Lieven; Vandepoele, Klaas; Van de Peer, Yves; Wichard, Thomas; Bothwell, John H. (Elsevier (Cell Press), 2018-09)
    We report here the 98.5 Mbp haploid genome (12,924 protein coding genes) of Ulva mutabilis, a ubiquitous and iconic representative of the Ulvophyceae or green seaweeds. Ulva’s rapid and abundant growth makes it a key ...
  • Insights into the mechanisms implicated in Pinus pinaster resistance to pinewood nematode 
    Modesto, Ines; Sterck, Lieven; Arbona, Vicent; Gomez-Cadenas, Aurelio; Carrasquinho, Isabel; Van de Peer, Yves; Miguel, Celia M. (Frontiers Media, 2021-06-10)
    Pine wilt disease (PWD), caused by the plant–parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, has become a severe environmental problem in the Iberian Peninsula with devastating effects in Pinus pinaster forests. Despite ...
  • Inspiratory muscle training in severe spinal muscular atrophy : a case report 
    Human, Anri; Honey, Engela M.; Morrow, Brenda (Mark Allen Healthcare Limited, 2019-05)
    BACKGROUND/AIMS : Inspiratory muscle training aims to preserve or improve respiratory muscle strength in children with neuromuscular diseases in order to prevent or minimise pulmonary morbidity. The aim of this study was ...
  • Integration of genomic and proteomic analyses in the classification of the Siphoviridae family 
    Adriaenssens, Evelien M.; Edwards, Robert P.; Nash, John H.E.; Mahadevan, Padmanabhan; Seto, Donald; Ackermann, Hans-Wolfgang; Lavigne, Rob; Kropinski, Andrew M. (Elsevier, 2015-03)
    Using a variety of genomic (BLASTN, ClustalW) and proteomic (Phage Proteomic Tree, CoreGenes) tools we have tackled the taxonomic status of members of the largest bacteriophage family, the Siphoviridae. In all over 400 ...
  • An integrative approach to understanding pyrethroid resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus and R. decoloratus ticks 
    Van Wyk, Roelof Daniel Jacobus; Baron, Samantha; Maritz-Olivier, Christine (Elsevier, 2016-06)
    Rhipicephalus microplus and Rhipicephalus decoloratus species occur in regions with savannah and temperate climates, typically in grassland and wooded areas used as cattle pasture. Both species are associated with the ...
  • Interaction specificity between leaf-cutting ants and vertically transmitted Pseudonocardia bacteria 
    Andersen, Sandra B.; Yek, Sze Huei; Nash, David R.; Boomsma, Jacobus J. (BioMed Central, 2015)
    BACKGROUND : The obligate mutualism between fungus-growing ants and microbial symbionts offers excellent opportunities to study the specificity and stability of multi-species interactions. In addition to cultivating ...
  • Interactions between hymenopteran species associated with gall‐forming wasps : the Leptocybe invasa community as a case study 
    Gevers, Caitlin R.; Dittrich-Schroder, Gudrun; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett Phillip (Wiley, 2021-05)
    1. Leptocybe invasa is native to Australia and induces galls on various species of Eucalyptus. Two genetically distinct lineages of this wasp have been detected outside its native range, namely, Leptocybe Lineage A and ...