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  • The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants 
    Zhang, Liangsheng; Chen, Fei; Zhang, Xingtan; Li, Zhen; Zhao, Yiyong; Lohaus, Rolf; Chang, Xiaojun; Dong, Wei; Ho, Simon Y.W.; Liu, Xing; Song, Aixia; Chen, Junhao; Guo, Wenlei; Wang, Zhengjia; Zhuang, Yingyu; Wang, Haifeng; Chen, Xuequn; Hu, Juan; Liu, Yanhui; Qin, Yuan; Wang, Kai; Dong, Shanshan; Liu, Yang; Zhang, Shouzhou; Yu, Xianxian; Wu, Qian; Wang, Liangsheng; Yan, Xueqing; Jiao, Yuannian; Kong, Hongzhi; Zhou, Xiaofan; Yu, Cuiwei; Chen, Yuchu; Li, Fan; Wang, Jihua; Chen, Wei; Chen, Xinlu; Jia, Qidong; Zhang, Chi; Jiang, Yifan; Zhang, Wanbo; Liu, Guanhua; Fu, Jianyu; Chen, Feng; Ma, Hong; Van de Peer, Yves; Tang, Haibao (Nature Publishing Group, 2020-01-02)
    Water lilies belong to the angiosperm order Nymphaeales. Amborellales, Nymphaeales and Austrobaileyales together form the so-called ANA-grade of angiosperms, which are extant representatives of lineages that diverged the ...
  • Water regime history drives responses of soil Namib Desert microbial communities to wetting events 
    Frossard, Aline; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Seely, Mary; Cowan, Don A. (Nature Publishing Group, 2015-07-21)
    Despite the dominance of microorganisms in arid soils, the structures and functional dynamics of microbial communities in hot deserts remain largely unresolved. The effects of wetting event frequency and intensity on ...
  • The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts 
    Wan, Tao; Liu, Zhiming; Leitch, Ilia J.; Xin, Haiping; Maggs-Kolling, Gillian; Gong, Yanbing; Li, Zhen; Marais, Eugene; Liao, Yiying; Dai, Can; Liu, Fan; Wu, Qijia; Song, Chi; Zhou, Yadong; Huang, Weichang; Jiang, Kai; Wang, Qi; Yang, Yong; Zhong, Zhixiang; Yang, Ming; Yan, Xue; Hu, Guangwan; Hou, Chen; Su, Yingjuan; Feng, Shixiu; Yang, Ji; Yan, Jijun; Chu, Jinfang; Chen, Fan; Ran, Jinhua; Wang, Xiaoquan; Van de Peer, Yves; Leitch, Andrew R.; Wang, Qingfeng (Nature Research, 2021)
    The gymnosperm Welwitschia mirabilis belongs to the ancient, enigmatic gnetophyte lineage. It is a unique desert plant with extreme longevity and two ever-elongating leaves. We present a chromosome-level assembly of its ...
  • Whole genome-based characterization of Listeria monocytogenes isolates recovered from the food chain in South Africa 
    Mafuna, Thendo; Matle, Itumeleng; Magwedere, Kudakwashe; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Reva, Oleg N. (Frontiers Media, 2021-07-02)
    Listeria monocytogenes is an important foodborne pathogen which has the ability to adapt and survive in food and food processing facilities where it can persist for years. In this study, a total of 143 L. monocytogenes ...
  • Whole-genome microsynteny-based phylogeny of angiosperms 
    Zhao, Tao; Zwaenepoel, Arthur; Xue, Jia-Yu; Kao, Shu-Min; Li, Zhen; Schranz, M. Eric; Van de Peer, Yves (Nature Research, 2021-06)
    Plant genomes vary greatly in size, organization, and architecture. Such structural differences may be highly relevant for inference of genome evolution dynamics and phylogeny. Indeed, microsynteny—the conservation of ...
  • Wie viel Gewicht liegt im Gesicht? Wahrnehmungsschwellen für körpergewichtsassoziierte Veränderungen der dreidimensionalen Gesichtsform 
    Re, D.E.; Holzleitner, I.J.; Coetzee, Vinet; Tiddeman, Bernard P.; Xiao, D.K.; Perrett, David Ian (Springer, 2013-07)
    Facial shape is a reliable correlate of body mass index (BMI) and facial correlates of weight predict both actual and perceived health. Previous studies have found that facial shape cues to weight are strongly related to ...
  • Williams–Beuren syndrome in diverse populations 
    Kruszka, Paul.; Porras, Antonio R.; De Souza, Deise Helena; Moresco, Angélica; Huckstadt, Victoria; Gill, Ashleigh D.; Boyle, Alec P.; Hu, Tommy; Addissie, Yonit A.; Mok, Gary T.K.; Tekendo-Ngongang, Cedrik; Fieggen, Karen; Prijoles, E.J.; Tanpaiboon, Pranoot; Honey, Engela M.; El Ruby, Mona O.; Ho-Ming, Luk; Lo, Ivan F.M.; Thong, Meow-Keong; Muthukumarasamy, Premala; Jones, Kelly L.; Belhassan, Khadija; Ouldim, Karim; El Bouchikhi, Ihssane; Bouguenouch, Laila; Shukla, Anju; Girisha, Katta M.; Sirisena, Nirmala D.; Dissanayake, Vajira H.W.; Paththinige, C. Sampath; Mishra, Rupesh; Kisling, Monisha S.; Ferreira, Carlos R.; De Herreros, María Beatriz; Lee, Ni-Chung; Jamuar, Saumya S.; Lai, Angeline; Shien, Tan Ee; Lim, Jiin Ying; Wen-Min, Cham Breana; Gupta, Neerja; Lotz-Esquivel, Stephanie; Badilla-Porras, Ramsés; Hussen, Dalia Farouk; El Ruby, Mona O.; Ashaat, Engy A.; Patil, Siddaramappa J.; Dowsett, Leah; Eaton, Alison; Innes, A.Micheil; Shotelersuk, Vorasuk; Badoe, Ëben; Wonkam, Ambroise; Obregon, María Gabriela; Chung, Brian H.Y.; Trubnykova, Milana; La Serna, Jorge; Gallardo Jugo, Bertha Elena; Chávez Pastor, Miguel; Abarca Barrig, Hugo Hernán; Megarbane, Andre; Kozel, Beth A.; Stevenson, Roger E.; Summar, Marshall; Adeyemo, Adeyemo A.; Morris, Colleen A.; Moretti-Ferreira, Danilo; Linguraru, Marius George; Muenke, Maximilian (Wiley, 2018-05)
    Williams–Beuren syndrome (WBS) is a common microdeletion syndrome characterized by a 1.5Mb deletion in 7q11.23. The phenotype of WBS has been well described in populations of European descent with not as much attention ...
  • “Winter is coming” : how did polyploid plants survive? 
    Li, Zhen; Van de Peer, Yves (Elsevier, 2020-01)
    No abstract available.
  • Wolfberry genomes and the evolution of Lycium (Solanaceae) 
    Cao, You-Long; Li, Yan-long; Fan, Yun-Fang; Li, Zhen; Yoshida, Kouki; Wang, Jie-Yu; Ma, Xiao-Kai; Wang, Ning; Mitsuda, Nobutaka; Kotake, Toshihisa; Ishimizu, Takeshi; Tsai, Kun-Chan; Niu, Shan-Ce; Zhang, Diyang; Sun, Wei-Hong; Luo, Qing; Zhao, Jian-Hua; Yin, Yue; Zhang, Bo; Wang, Jun-Yi; Qin, Ken; An, Wei; He, Jun; Dai, Guo-Li; Wang, Ya-Jun; Shi, Zhi-Gang; Jiao, En-Ning; Wu, Peng-Ju; Liu, Xuedie; Liu, Bin; Liao, Xing-Yu; Jiang, Yu-Ting; Yu, Xia; Hao, Yang; Xu, Xin-Yu; Zou, Shuang-Quan; Li, Ming-He; Hsiao, Yu-Yun; Lin, Yu-Fu; Liang, Chieh-Kai; Chen, You-Yi; Wu, Wan-Lin; Lu, Hsiang-Chai; Lan, Si-Ren; Wang, Zhi-Wen; Zhao, Xiang; Zhong, Wen-Ying; Yeh, Chuan-Ming; Tsai, Wen-Chieh; Van de Peer, Yves; Liu, Zhong-Jian (Nature Research, 2021-06)
    Wolfberry Lycium, an economically important genus of the Solanaceae family, contains approximately 80 species and shows a fragmented distribution pattern among the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Although several ...
  • Wonders of the Namib Desert 
    Cowan, Don A.; Maggs‑Kolling, Gillian (Academy of Science South Africa, 2022)
    You might think that nothing exists in a desert? Think again! The Namib Desert is teeming with life if you look closely.
  • Wood architecture and composition are deeply remodeled in frost sensitive eucalyptus overexpressing CBF/DREB1 transcription factors 
    Cao, Phi Bang; Ployet, Raphael; Nguyen, Chien; Dupas, Annabelle; Ladouce, Nathalie; Martinez, Yves; Grima-Pettenati, Jacqueline; Marque, Christiane; Mounet, Fabien; Teulieres, Chantal (MDPI, 2020-04)
    Eucalypts are the most planted trees worldwide, but most of them are frost sensitive. Overexpressing transcription factors for CRT-repeat binding factors (CBFs) in transgenic Eucalyptus confer cold resistance both in leaves ...
  • Worth its salt : a histone acetyltransferase gene enhances salt tolerance in bread wheat 
    Roodt, Danielle (American Society of Plant Biologists, 2021-08)
    No available abstract.
  • Xanthomonas perforans: a tomato and pepper pathogen associated with bacterial blight and dieback of Eucalyptus pellita seedlings in Indonesia 
    Bophela, Khumbuzile Nokwanda; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Wingfield, Michael J.; Duran, A.; Tarigan, Marthin; Coutinho, Teresa A. (Springer, 2019-11)
    Leaf and shoot blight, often accompanied by die-back symptoms, on Eucalyptus species, hybrids and clones have been reported from a number of countries. More than one bacterial species has been found to cause these symptoms. ...
  • Xerotolerant bacteria : surviving through a dry spell 
    Lebre, Pedro H.; De Maayer, Pieter; Cowan, Don A. (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-03)
    Water is vital for many biological processes and is essential for all living organisms. However, numerous macroorganisms and microorganisms have adapted to survive in environments in which water is scarce; such organisms ...
  • Xylan in the middle : understanding xylan biosynthesis and its metabolic dependencies toward improving wood fiber for industrial processing 
    Wierzbicki, Martin Piotr; Maloney, Victoria; Mizrachi, Eshchar; Myburg, Alexander Andrew (Frontiers Media, 2019-02)
    Lignocellulosic biomass, encompassing cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose in plant secondary cell walls (SCWs), is the most abundant source of renewable materials on earth. Currently, fast-growing woody dicots such as ...
  • Young scientists reflect on how to effect real change for Rio+40 
    Slippers, Bernard; Kassen, Rees (AOSIS Open Journals, 2012)
    No abstract available.