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  • Of dups and dinos : evolution at the K/Pg boundary 
    Lohaus, Rolf; Van de Peer, Yves (Elsevier, 2016-04)
    Fifteen years into sequencing entire plant genomes, more than 30 paleopolyploidy events could be mapped on the tree of flowering plants (and many more when also transcriptome data sets are considered). While some genome ...
  • Ophiostoma quercus : an unusually diverse and globally widespread tree-infecting fungus 
    Taerum, Stephen J.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Marincowitz, Seonju; Jankowiak, Robert; Wingfield, Michael J. (Elsevier, 2018-09)
    Ophiostoma quercus (Ascomycota, Ophiostomatales) is a globally widespread, insect-vectored fungus that colonizes a wide diversity of hardwood and conifer hosts. Although the fungus is considered to be non-pathogenic, it ...
  • Ophiostoma tsotsi sp. nov., a wound-infesting fungus of hardwood trees in Africa 
    Grobbelaar, J.W. (Johanna Wilhelmina); De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Bloomer, Paulette; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Springer, 2010-01)
    Polymorphic sequence-characterised marker assays from a recent diversity study on the Ascomycete fungus Ophiostoma quercus reported that some isolates from Africa were genetically distinct from O. quercus. In the present ...
  • Ophiostomatalean fungi associated with wood boring beetles in South Africa including two new species 
    Nel, Wilma Janine; Wingfield, Michael J.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Duong, Tuan A. (Springer, 2021-06)
    Ambrosia beetles are small wood inhabiting members of the Curculionidae that have evolved obligate symbioses with fungi. The fungal symbionts concentrate nutrients from within infested trees into a usable form for their ...
  • Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with conifer-infesting beetles and their phoretic mites in Yunnan, China 
    Chang, Runlei; Duong, Tuan A.; Taerum, Stephen J.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Zhou, Xudong; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm (Pensoft Publishers, 2017-12-21)
    The Ophiostomatales is an Ascomycete order of fungi that accommodates several tree pathogens and many species that degrade wood. These fungi are commonly vectored by Scolytine bark and ambrosia beetles. In recent years ...
  • Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with mites phoretic on bark beetles in Qinghai, China 
    Chang, Runlei; Duong, Tuan A.; Taerum, Stephen J.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Zhou, Xudong; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm (International Mycological Association, 2020-07-30)
    Bark beetle galleries are complex ecosystems where many microbes and other arthropods co-exist with the beetles. Fungi isolated from these galleries are often referred to as ‘beetle associates’, but the nature of these ...
  • Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus, including 11 new species from China 
    Chang, Runlei; Duong, Tuan A.; Taerum, Stephen J.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Zhou, X.; Yin, Mingliang; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm (National Herbarium of the Netherlands, 2019-06)
    Ips typographus (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) is a spruce-infesting bark beetle that occurs throughout Europe and Asia. The beetle can cause considerable damage, especially when colonized trees are stressed and beetle populations ...
  • Optimal 10-aminoartemisinins with potent transmission-blocking capabilities for new artemisinin combination therapies–activities against blood stage P. falciparum including PfKI3 C580Y mutants and liver stage P. berghei parasites 
    Wong, Ho Ning; Padin-Irizarry, Vivian; Van der Watt, Mariette Elizabeth; Reader, Janette; Liebenberg, Wilna; Wiesner, Lubbe; Smith, Peter; Eribez, Korina; Winzeler, Elizabeth A.; Kyle, Dennis E.; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie; Coertzen, Dina; Haynes, Richard K. (Frontiers Media, 2020-01-10)
    We have demonstrated previously that amino-artemisinins including artemiside and artemisone in which an amino group replaces the oxygen-bearing substituents attached to C-10 of the current clinical artemisinin derivatives ...
  • 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 ...