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  • Optimising orbit counting of arbitrary order by equation selection 
    Melckenbeeck, Ine; Audenaert, Pieter; Van Parys, Thomas; Van de Peer, Yves; Colle, Didier; Pickavet, Mario (BioMed Central, 2019-01-15)
    BACKGROUND : Graphlets are useful for bioinformatics network analysis. Based on the structure of Hoˇcevar and Demšar’s ORCA algorithm, we have created an orbit counting algorithm, named Jesse. This algorithm, like ORCA, ...
  • ORCAE-AOCC : a centralized portal for the annotation of African orphan crop genomes 
    Yssel, A.E.J. (Anna); Kao, Shu-Min; Van de Peer, Yves; Sterck, Lieven (MDPI, 2019-11-20)
    ORCAE (Online Resource for Community Annotation of Eukaryotes) is a public genome annotation curation resource. ORCAE-AOCC is a branch that is dedicated to the genomes published as part of the African Orphan Crops ...
  • Organic waste substrates induce important shifts in gut microbiota of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) : coexistence of conserved, variable, and potential pathogenic microbes 
    Tanga, Chrysantus M.; Waweru, Jacqueline Wahura; Tola, Yosef Hamba; Onyoni, Abel Anyega; Khamis, Fathiya M.; Ekesi, Sunday; Paredes, Juan C. (Frontiers Media, 2021-02-12)
    The sustainable utilization of black soldier fly (BSF) for recycling organic waste into nutrient-rich biomass, such as high-quality protein additive, is gaining momentum, and its microbiota is thought to play important ...
  • Organize, don’t agonize : strategic success of Phytophthora species 
    Chepsergon, Jane; Motaung, Thabiso Eric; Bellieny-Rabelo, Daniel; Moleleki, Lucy Novungayo (MDPI, 2020-06-17)
    Plants are constantly challenged by various environmental stressors ranging from abiotic—sunlight, elevated temperatures, drought, and nutrient deficits, to biotic factors—microbial pathogens and insect pests. These not ...
  • An original phylogenetic approach identified mitochondrial haplogroup T1a1 as inversely associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers 
    Blein, Sophie; Bardel, Claire; Danjean, Vincent; McGuffog, Lesley; Healey, Sue; Barrowdale, Daniel; Lee, Andrew; Dennis, Joe; Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B.; Soucy, Penny; Terry, Mary Beth; Chung, Wendy K.; Goldgar, David E.; Buys, Saundra S.; Breast Cancer Family Registry; Janavicius, Ramunas; Tihomirova, Laima; Tung, Nadine; Dorfling, Cecilia Maria; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Ding, Yuan Chun; Gerdes, Anne-Marie; Ejlertsen, Bent; Nielsen, Finn C.; Hansen, Thomas V.O.; Osorio, Ana; Benitez, Javier; Conejero, Raquel Andres; Segota, Ena; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Thelander, Margo; Peterlongo, Paolo; Radice, Paolo; Pensotti, Valeria; Dolcetti, Riccardo; Bonanni, Bernardo; Peissel, Bernard; Zaffaroni, Daniela; Scuvera, Giulietta; Manoukian, Siranoush; Varesco, Liliana; Capone, Gabriele L; Papi, Laura; Ottini, Laura; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; Konstantopoulou, Irene; Garber, Judy; Hamann, Ute; Donaldson, Alan; Brady, A.; Brewer, Carole; Foo, Claire; Evans, D. Gareth; Frost, Debra; Eccles, Diana M.; EMBRACE; Douglas, Fiona; Cook, Jackie; Adlard, Julian; Barwell, Julian; Walker, Lisa; Izatt, Louise; Side, Lucy E.; Kennedy, M.J.; Tischkowitz, Marc; Rogers, Mark T.; Porteous, Mary E.; Morrison, Patrick J.; Platte, Radka; Eeles, Rosalind A.; Davidson, Rosemarie; Hodgson, Shirley; Cole, Trevor; Godwin, Andrew K.; Isaacs, Claudine; Claes, Kathleen; De Leeneer, Kim; Meindl, Alfons; Gehrig, Andrea; Wappenschmidt, Barbara; Sutter, Christian; Engel, Christoph; Niederacher, Dieter; Steinemann, Doris; Plendl, Hansjoerg; Kast, Karin; Rhiem, Kerstin; Ditsch, Nina; Arnold, Norbert; Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda; Schmutzler, Rita Katharina; Preisler-Adams, Sabine; Markov, Nadja Bogdanova; Wang-Gohrke, Shan; De Pauw, Antoine; Lefol, Cedrick; Lasset, Christine; Leroux, Dominique; Rouleau, Etienne; Damiola, Francesca; GEMO Study Collaborators; Dreyfus, Helene; Barjhoux, Laure; Golmard, Lisa; Uhrhammer, Nancy; Bonadona, Valerie; Sornin, Valerie; Bignon, Yves-Jean; Carter, Jonathan; Van Le, Linda; Piedmonte, Marion; DiSilvestro, Paul A.; De la Hoya, Miguel; Caldes, Trinidad; Nevanlinna, Heli; Aittomaki, Kristiina; Jager, Agnes; Van den Ouweland, Ans M.W.; Kets, Carolien M.; Aalfs, Cora M.; Van Leeuwen, Flora E.; Hogervorst, Frans B.L.; Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne E.J.; HEBON; Oosterwijk, Jan; Van Roozendaal, Kees E.P.; Rookus, Matti A.; Devilee, Peter; Van der Luijt, Rob B; Olah, Edith; Diez, Orland; Teule, Alex; Lazaro, Conxi; Blanco, Ignacio; Del Valle, Jesus; Jakubowska, Anna; Sukiennicki, Grzegorz; Gronwald, Jacek; Lubinski, Jan; Durda, Katarzyna; Jaworska-Bieniek, Katarzyna; Agnarsson, Bjarni A.; Maugard, Christine; Amadori, Alberto; Montagna, Marco; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Spurdle, Amanda B.; Foulkes, William; Olswold, Curtis; Lindor, Noralane M.; Pankratz, Vernon S.; Szabo, Csilla I.; Lincoln, Anne; Jacobs, Lauren; Corines, Marina J.; Robson, Mark E.; Vijai, Joseph; Berger, Andreas; Fink-Retter, Anneliese; Singer, Christian F.; Rappaport, Christine; Kaulich, D.G.; Pfeiler, Georg; Tea, Muy-Kheng M.; Greene, Mark H.; Mai, Phuong L.; Rennert, Gad; Imyanitov, Evgeny N.; Mulligan, Anna Marie; Glendon, Gord; Andrulis, Irene L.; Tchatchou, Sandrine; Toland, Amanda Ewart; Pedersen, Inge Sokilde; Thomassen, Mads; Kruse, Torben A; Jensen, Uffe Birk; Caligo, Maria A.; Friedman, Eitan; Zidan, Jamal; Laitman, Yael; Lindblom, Annika; Melin, B.; Arver, Brita; Loman, Niklas; Rosenquist, Richard; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Nussbaum, Robert L.; Ramus, Susan J.; Nathanson, Katherine L.; Domchek, Susan M.; Rebbeck, Timothy R.; Arun, Banu K.; Mitchell, Gillian; Karlan, Beth Y.; Lester, Jenny; Orsulic, Sandra; Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique; Thomas, Gilles; Simard, Jacques; Couch, Fergus J.; Offit, Kenneth; Easton, Douglas F.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Mazoyer, Sylvie; Phelan, Catherine M.; Sinilnikova, Olga M.; Cox, David G. (BioMed Central, 2015-04-25)
    INTRODUCTION : Individuals carrying pathogenic mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have a high lifetime risk of breast cancer. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are involved in DNA double-strand break repair, DNA alterations that can ...
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta type 3 in South Africa : causative mutations in FKBP10 
    Honey, Engela M.; Vorster, A.; Beighton, P.; Chetty, M.; Ganie, Y.; Henderson, B.; MAre, P.; Thompson, D.; Fieggen, K.; Viljoen, D.; Ramesar, R. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-05)
    BACKGROUND : A relatively high frequency of autosomal recessively inherited osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) type 3 (OI-3) is present in the indigenous black southern African population. Affected persons may be severely ...
  • Our graceful Cape Beech under threat 
    Roux, Jolanda; Wingfield, Michael J. (Botanical Society of SA, 2012)
    No abstract available.
  • PALB2, CHEK2 and ATM rare variants and cancer risk: data from COGS 
    Southey, Melissa C.; Goldgar, David E.; Winqvist, Robert; Pylkas, Katri; Couch, Fergus; Tischkowitz, Marc; Foulkes, William D.; Dennis, Joe; Michailidou, Kyriaki; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Heikkinen, Tuomas; Nevanlinna, Heli; Hopper, John L.; Dork, Thilo; Claes, Kathleen B.M.; Reis-Filho, Jorge; Teo, Zhi Ling; Radice, Paolo; Catucci, Irene; Peterlongo, Paolo; Tsimiklis, Helen; Odefrey, Fabrice A.; Dowty, James G.; Schmidt, Marjanka K.; Broeks, Annegien; Hogervorst, Frans B.; Verhoef, Senno; Carpenter, Jane; Clarke, Christine; Scott, Rodney J.; Fasching, Peter A.; Haeberle, Lothar; Ekici, Arif B.; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Peto, Julian; Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel; Fletcher, Olivia; Johnson, Nichola; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Sawyer, Elinor J.; Tomlinson, Ian; Kerin, Michael J.; Miller, Nicola; Marme, Federik; Burwinkel, Barbara; Yang, Rongxi; Guenel, Pascal; Truong, Therese; Menegaux, Florence; Sanchez, Marie; Bojesen, Stig E.; Nielsen, Sune F.; Flyger, Henrik; Benitez, Javier; Zamora, M. Pilar; Perez, Jose Ignacio Arias; Menendez, Primitiva; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Neuhausen, Susan; Ziogas, Argyrios; Clarke, Christina A.; Brenner, Hermann; Arndt, Volker; Stegmaier, Christa; Brauch, Hiltrud; Bruning, Thomas; Ko, Yon-Dschun; Muranen, Taru A.; Aittomaki, Kristiina; Blomqvist, Carl; Bogdanova, Natalia V.; Antonenkova, Natalia N.; Lindblom, Annika; Margolin, Sara; Mannermaa, Arto; Kataja, Vesa; Kosma, Veli-Matti; Hartikainen, Jaana M.; Spurdle, Amanda B.; kConFab Investigators; Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group; Wauters, Els; Smeets, Dominiek; Beuselinck, Benoit; Floris, Giuseppe; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Rudolph, Anja; Seibold, Petra; Flesch-Janys, Dieter; Olson, Janet E.; Vachon, Celine; Pankratz, Vernon S.; McLean, Catriona; Haiman, Christopher A.; Henderson, Brian E.; Schumacher, Fredrick; Marchand, Loic Le; Kristensen, Vessela; Alnæs, Grethe Grenaker; Zheng, Wei; Hunter, David J.; Lindstrom, Sara; Hankinson, Susan E.; Kraft, Peter; Andrulis, Irene; Knight, Julia A.; Glendon, Gord; Mulligan, Anna Marie; Jukkola-Vuorinen, Arja; Grip, Mervi; Kauppila, Saila; Devilee, Peter; Tollenaar, Robert A.E.M.; Seynaeve, Caroline; Hollestelle, Antoinette; Garcia-Closas, Montserrat; Figueroa, Jonine; Chanock, Stephen J.; Lissowska, Jolanta; Czene, Kamila; Darabi, Hatef; Eriksson, Mikael; Eccles, Diana M.; Rafiq, Sajjad; Tapper, William J.; Gerty, Sue M.; Martens, John W.M.; Collee, J. Margriet; Tilanus-Linthorst, Madeleine; Hall, Per; Li, Jingmei; Brand, Judith S.; Humphreys, Keith; Cox, Angela; Reed, Malcolm W.R.; Luccarini, Craig; Baynes, Caroline; Dunning, Alison M.; Hamann, Ute; Torres, Diana; Ulmer, Hans Ulrich; Rudiger, Thomas; Lubinski, Jan; Jaworska, Katarzyna; Durda, Katarzyna; Slager, Susan; Toland, Amanda E.; Ambrosone, Christine B.; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; Swerdlow, Anthony; Ashworth, Alan; Orr, Nick; Jones, Michael; Gonzalez-Neira, Anna; Pita, Guillermo; Alonso, M. Rosario; Alvarez, Nuria; Herrero, Daniel; Tessier, Daniel C.; Vincent, Daniel; Bacot, Francois; Simard, Jacques; Dumont, Martine; Soucy, Penny; Eeles, Rosalind; Muir, Kenneth; Wiklund, Fredrik; Gronberg, Henrik; Schleutker, Johanna; Nordestgaard, Børge G.; Weischer, Maren; Travis, Ruth C.; Neal, David; Donovan, Jenny L.; Hamdy, Freddie C.; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Stanford, Janet L.; Blot, William J.; Thibodeau, Stephen; Schaid, Daniel J.; Kelley, Joseph L.; Maier, Christiane; Kibel, Adam S.; Cybulski, Cezary; Cannon-Albright, Lisa; Butterbach, Katja; Park, Jong; Kaneva, Radka; Batra, Jyotsna; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Kote-Jarai, Zsofia; Al Olama, Ali Amin; Benlloch, Sara; Renner, Stefan P.; Hartmann, Arndt; Hein, Alexander; Ruebner, Matthias; Lambrechts, Diether; Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els; Vergote, Ignace; Lambretchs, Sandrina; Doherty, Jennifer A.; Rossing, Mary Anne; Nickels, Stefan; Eilber, Ursula; Wang-Gohrke, Shan; Odunsi, Kunle; Sucheston-Campbell, Lara E.; Friel, Grace; Lurie, Galina; Killeen, Jeffrey L.; Wilkens, Lynne R.; Goodman, Marc T.; Runnebaum, Ingo; Hillemanns, Peter A.; Pelttari, Liisa M.; Butzow, Ralf; Modugno, Francesmary; Edwards, Robert P.; Ness, Roberta B.; Moysich, Kirsten B.; Du Bois, Andreas; Heitz, Florian; Harter, Philipp; Kommoss, Stefan; Karlan, Beth Y.; Walsh, Christine; Lester, Jenny; Jensen, Allan; Kruger Kjaer, Susanne; Hogdall, Estrid; Peissel, Bernard; Bonanni, Bernardo; Bernard, Loris; Goode, Ellen L.; Fridley, Brooke L.; Vierkant, Robert A.; Cunningham, Julie M.; Larson, Melissa C.; Fogarty, Zachary C.; Kalli, Kimberly R.; Liang, Dong; Lu, Karen H.; Hildebrandt, Michelle A.T.; Wu, Xifeng; Levine, Douglas A.; Dao, Fanny; Bisogna, Maria; Berchuck, Andrew; Iversen, Edwin S.; Marks, Jeffrey R.; Akushevich, Lucy; Cramer, Daniel W.; Schildkraut, Joellen; Terry, Kathryn L.; Poole, Elizabeth M.; Stampfer, Meir; Tworoger, Shelley S.; Bandera, Elisa V.; Orlow, Irene; Olson, Sara H.; Bjorge, Line; Salvesen, Helga B.; Van Altena, Anne M.; Aben, Katja K.H.; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; Massuger, Leon F.A.G.; Pejovic, Tanja; Bean, Yukie; Brooks-Wilson, Angela; Kelemen, Linda E.; Cook, Linda S.; Le, Nhu D.; Gorski, Bohdan; Gronwald, Jacek; Menkiszak, Janusz; Hogdall, Claus K.; Lundvall, Lene; Nedergaard, Lotte; Engelholm, Svend Aage; Dicks, Ed; Tyrer, Jonathan; Campbell, Ian; McNeish, Iain; Paul, James; Siddiqui, Nadeem; Glasspool, Rosalind; Whittemore, Alice S.; Rothstein, Joseph H.; McGuire, Valerie; Sieh, Weiva; Cai, Hui; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Teten, Rachel T.; Sutphen, Rebecca; McLaughlin, John R.; Narod, Steven A.; Phelan, Catherine M.; Monteiro, Alvaro N.; Fenstermacher, David; Lin, Hui-Yi; Permuth, Jennifer B.; Sellers, Thomas A.; Chen, Y. Ann; Tsai, Ya-Yu; Chen, Zhihua; Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra; Gayther, Simon A.; Ramus, Susan J.; Menon, Usha; Wu, Anna H.; Pearce, Celeste L.; Van Den Berg, David; Pike, Malcolm C.; Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Agnieszka; Plisiecka-Halasa, Joanna; Moes-Sosnowska, Joanna; Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta; Pharoah, Paul D.P.; Song, Honglin; Winship, Ingrid; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Giles, Graham G.; Tavtigian, Sean V.; Easton, Doug F.; Milne, Roger L. (Elsevier, 2016-09-05)
    BACKGROUND The rarity of mutations in PALB2, CHEK2 and ATM make it difficult to estimate precisely associated cancer risks. Population-based family studies have provided evidence that at least some of these mutations ...
  • Paleogene radiation of a plant pathogenic mushroom 
    Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Bloomer, Paulette; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Carter, Dee A. (Public Library of Science, 2011-12-28)
    BACKGROUND: The global movement and speciation of fungal plant pathogens is important, especially because of the economic losses they cause and the ease with which they are able to spread across large areas. Understanding ...
  • Pan-genome-wide analysis of Pantoea ananatis identified genes linked to pathogenicity in onion 
    Agarwal, Gaurav; Choudhary, Divya; Stice, Shaun P.; Myers, Brendon K.; Gitaitis, Ronald D.; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Kvitko, Brian H.; Dutta, Bhabesh (Frontiers Media, 2021-08-19)
    Pantoea ananatis, a gram negative and facultative anaerobic bacterium is a member of a Pantoea spp. complex that causes center rot of onion, which significantly affects onion yield and quality. This pathogen does not ...
  • Pandemic governance : developing a politics of informality 
    Van Wyk, D. Trevor; Reddy, Vasu (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2022-05)
    South Africa had the privilege of learning from how other countries responded to the crisis engendered by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this opportunity seems to have been lost as the South African government made the ...
  • The pandemic strain of Austropuccinia psidii causes myrtle rust in New Zealand and Singapore 
    Du Plessis, Erika Margarete; Granados, Ginna Marcela; Barnes, Irene; Ho, W.H.; Alexander, B.J.R.; Roux, Jolanda; McTaggart, Alistair R. (Springer, 2019-05)
    The myrtle rust pathogen, Austropuccinia psidii, was recently detected in New Zealand and Singapore. We used microsatellite markers to identify the strain of A. psidii that caused these incursions. Our results show that ...
  • Paraburkholderia strydomiana sp. nov. and Paraburkholderia steynii sp. nov.: rhizobial symbionts of the fynbos legume Hypocalyptus sophoroides 
    Beukes, Chrizelle Winsie; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Van Zyl, Elritha; Avontuur, Juanita R.; Chan, Wai Yin; Hassen, Ahmed Idris; Palmer, Marike; Mthombeni, Lunghile S.; Phalane, Francina L.; Sereme, T. Karabo; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas) (Springer, 2019-09)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Paraburkholderia youngii sp. nov. and ‘ Paraburkholderia atlantica ’ – Brazilian and Mexican Mimosa -associated rhizobia that were previously known as Paraburkholderia tuberum sv. mimosae 
    Mavima, Lazarus; Beukes, Chrizelle Winsie; Palmer, Marike; De Meyer, Sofie E.; James, Euan K.; Maluk, Marta; Gross, Eduardo; Junior, Fabio Bueno dos Reis; Avontuur, Juanita R.; Chan, Wai Yin; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2021-01)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Parallel host range expansion in two unrelated cossid moths infesting Eucalyptus nitens on two continents 
    Degefu, Dawit Tesfaye; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Garnas, Jeffrey R.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Ahumada, Rodrigo; Slippers, Bernard (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-02)
    1. Two cossid moths, Coryphodema tristis and Chilecomadia valdiviana, have recently become pests on Eucalyptus nitens in South Africa and Chile, respectively. Both C. tristis and C. valdiviana have large host ranges and ...
  • Parasite genetic diversity reflects continued residual malaria transmission in Vhembe District, a hotspot in the Limpopo Province of South Africa 
    Gwarinda, Hazel B.; Tessema, Sofonias K.; Raman, Jaishree; Greenhouse, Bryan; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie (BMC, 2021-02)
    BACKGROUND : South Africa aims to eliminate malaria transmission by 2023. However, despite sustained vector control efforts and case management interventions, the Vhembe District remains a malaria transmission hotspot. To ...
  • Pathogen infection influences a distinct microbial community composition in sorghum RILs 
    Masenya, K.; Thompson, G.D.; Tekere, M.; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Rees, D.J.G. (Springer, 2021-06)
    AIMS: The rhizosphere microbiome substantially affects plant health, yet comparatively little is known regarding the foliar community dynamics. Here, we examine the relationship between the microbiota and their response to ...
  • Pathogenesis, biophysical stability and phenotypic variance of SAT2 foot-and-mouth disease virus 
    Ramulongo, Tovhowani Dapheny; Maree, Francois Frederick; Scott, Katherine; Opperman, Pamela Anne; Theron, Jacques (Elsevier, 2020-04)
    Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious vesicular disease of cloven-hoofed animals, which severely decreases livestock productivity. FMD virus (FMDV), the causative agent, initiates infection by interaction ...
  • Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions 
    Jactel, Herve; Desprez-Loustau, Marie-Laure; Battisti, Andrea; Brockerhoff, Eckehard; Santini, Alberto; Stenlid, Jan; Bjorkman, Christer; Branco, Manuela; Dehnen-Schmutz, Katharina; Douma, Jacob C.; Drakulic, Jassy; Drizou, Fryni; Eschen, Rene; Franco, Jose Carlos; Gossner, Martin M.; Green, Samantha; Kenis, Marc; Klapwijk, Maartje J.; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Orazio, Christophe; Prospero, Simone; Robinet, Christelle; Schroeder, Martin; Slippers, Bernard; Stoev, Pavel; Sun, Jianghua; Van den Dool, Robbert; Wingfield, Michael J.; Zalucki, Myron P. (Pensoft Publishers, 2020-07-10)
    The world’s forests have never been more threatened by invasions of exotic pests and pathogens, whose causes and impacts are reinforced by global change. However, forest entomologists and pathologists have, for too long, ...
  • Patterns of African and Asian admixture in the Afrikaner population of South Africa 
    N. Hollfelder; Erasmus, J.C. (Johannes Christoff); Hammaren, N.; Vicente, M.; Jakobsson, M.; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree); Schlebusch, C.M. (BioMed Central, 2020-02-24)
    BACKGROUND : The Afrikaner population of South Africa is the descendants of European colonists who started to colonize the Cape of Good Hope in the 1600s. In the early days of the colony, mixed unions between European ...