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  • Facial adiposity, attractiveness, and health : a review 
    De Jager, Stefan; Coetzee, Nicoleen; Coetzee, Vinet (BioMed Central, 2018-12-21)
    The relationship between facial cues and perceptions of health and attractiveness in others plays an influential role in our social interactions and mating behaviors. Several facial cues have historically been investigated ...
  • Facial appearance reveals immunity in African men 
    Phalane, Khutso G.; Tribe, Catherine; Steel, Helen C.; Cholo, Moloko C.; Coetzee, Vinet (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-08-07)
    Facial appearance is thought to indicate immunity in humans, but very few studies have tested this relationship directly. The aim of this study was to test the relationship between direct measures of immunity, perceived ...
  • Facial attractiveness is related to women’s cortisol and body fat, but not with immune responsiveness 
    Rantala, Markus J.; Coetzee, Vinet; Moore, Fhionna R.; Skrinda, Ilona; Kecko, Sanita; Krama, Tatjana; Kivleniece, Inese; Krams, Indrikis (The Royal Society, 2013-08)
    Recent studies suggest that facial attractiveness indicates immune responsiveness in men and that this relationship is moderated by stress hormones which interact with testosterone levels. However, studies testing whether ...
  • Facial shape analysis identifies valid cues to aspects of physiological health in Caucasian, Asian, and African populations 
    Stephen, Ian D.; Hiew, Vivian; Coetzee, Vinet; Tiddeman, Benard P.; Perrett, David I. (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2017-10-30)
    Facial cues contribute to attractiveness, including shape cues such as symmetry, averageness, and sexual dimorphism. These cues may represent cues to objective aspects of physiological health, thereby conferring an ...
  • Facial-based ethnic recognition : insights from two closely related but ethnically distinct groups 
    Coetzee, Vinet; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree); Barrett, Louise; Henzi, S. Peter (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2009-11)
    Previous studies on facial recognition have considered widely separated populations, both geographically and culturally, making it hard to disentangle effects of familiarity with an ability to identify ethnic groups per ...
  • Facile route to targeted, biodegradable polymeric prodrugs for the delivery of combination therapy for malaria 
    Fortuin, Lisa; Leshabane, Meta Kgaogelo; Pfukwa, Rueben; Coertzen, Dina; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie; Klumperman, Bert (American Chemical Society, 2020-10)
    A facile synthetic methodology has been developed to prepare multifaceted polymeric prodrugs that are targeted, biodegradable, and nontoxic, and used for the delivery of combination therapy. This is the first instance of ...
  • Factors that affect the intracellular localization and trafficking of African horse sickness virus core protein, VP7 
    Bekker, Shani; Huismans, H. (Henk), 1942-; Van Staden, Vida (Elsevier, 2014-05)
    African horse sickness virus (AHSV) VP7 is the major core protein of the virion. Apart from its role in virus assembly, VP7 forms crystalline-like particles during infection and when expressed in insect cells. The aim ...
  • A family of protein growth curves with extension to other chemical body components together with application to animal nutrition and improvement 
    Roux, Carl Z. (Cambridge University Press, 2011-10)
    Theory that successfully explains the magnitude and range of estimates of protein retention (PR) efficiency from the cost of turnover of existing protein indicates that conventional curves for growth description are ...
  • The FANCM:p.Arg658* truncating variant is associated with risk of triple-negative breast cancer 
    Figlioli, Gisella; Bogliolo, Massimo; Catucci, Irene; Caleca, Laura; Viz Lasheras, Sandra; Pujol, Roser; Kiiski, Johanna I.; Muranen, Taru A.; Barnes, Daniel R.; Dennis, Joe; Michailidou, Kyriaki; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Leslie, Goska; Aalfs, Cora M.; Adank, Muriel A.; Adlard, Julian; Agata, Simona; Cadoo, Karen; Agnarsson, Bjarni A.; Ahearn, Thomas; Aittomaki, Kristiina; Ambrosone, Christine B.; Andrews, Lesley; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Antonenkova, Natalia N.; Arndt, Volker; Arnold, Norbert; Aronson, Kristan J.; Arun, Banu K.; Asseryanis, Ella; Auber, Bernd; Auvinen, Paivi; Azzollini, Jacopo; Balmana, Judith; Barkardottir, Rosa B.; Barrowdale, Daniel; Barwell, Julian; Beane Freeman, Laura E.; Beauparlant, Charles Joly; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Behrens, Sabine; Benitez, Javier; Berger, Raanan; Bermisheva, Marina; Blanco, Amie M.; Blomqvist, Carl; Bogdanova, Natalia V.; Bojesen, Anders; Bojesen, Stig E.; Bonanni, Bernardo; Borg, Ake; Brady, Angela F.; Brauch, Hiltrud; Brenner, Hermann; Brüning, Thomas; Burwinkel, Barbara; Buys, Saundra S.; Caldes, Trinidad; Caliebe, Almuth; Caligo, Maria A.; Campa, Daniele; Campbell, Ian G.; Canzian, Federico; Castelao, Jose E.; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Chanock, Stephen J.; Claes, Kathleen B.M.; Clarke, Christine L.; Collavoli, Anita; Conner, Thomas A.; Cox, David G.; Cybulski, Cezary; Czene, Kamila; Daly, Mary B.; De la Hoya, Miguel; Devilee, Peter; Diez, Orland; Ding, Yuan Chun; Dite, Gillian S.; Ditsch, Nina; Domchek, Susan M.; Dorfling, Cecilia Maria; Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel; Durda, Katarzyna; Dwek, Miriam; Eccles, Diana M.; Ekici, Arif B.; Eliassen, A. Heather; Ellberg, Carolina; Eriksson, Mikael; Evans, D. Gareth; Fasching, Peter A.; Figueroa, Jonine; Flyger, Henrik; Foulkes, William D.; Friebel, Tara M.; Friedman, Eitan; Gabrielson, Marike; Gaddam, Pragna; Gago-Dominguez, Manuela; Gao, Chi; Gapstur, Susan M.; Garber, Judy; García-Closas, Montserrat; Garcia-Saenz, Jose A.; Gaudet, Mia M.; Gayther, Simon A.; Giles, Graham G.; Glendon, Gord; Godwin, Andrew K.; Goldberg, Mark S.; Goldgar, David E.; Guenel, Pascal; Gutierrez-Barrera, Angelica M.; Haeberle, Lothar; Haiman, Christopher A.; Hakansson, Niclas; Hall, Per; Hamann, Ute; Harrington, Patricia A.; Hein, Alexander; Heyworth, Jane; Hillemanns, Peter; Hollestelle, Antoinette; Hopper, John L.; Hosgood III, H. Dean; Howell, Anthony; Hu, Chunling; Hulick, Peter J.; Hunter, David J.; Imyanitov, Evgeny N.; Isaacs, Claudine; Jakimovska, Milena; Jakubowska, Anna; James, Paul; Janavicius, Ramunas; Janni, Wolfgang; John, Esther M.; Jones, Michael E.; Jung, Audrey; Kaaks, Rudolf; Karlan, Beth Y.; Khusnutdinova, Elza; Kitahara, Cari M.; Konstantopoulou, Irene; Koutros, Stella; Kraft, Peter; Lambrechts, Diether; Lazaro, Conxi; Le Marchand, Loic; Lester, Jenny; Lesueur, Fabienne; Lilyquist, Jenna; Loud, Jennifer T.; Lu, Karen H.; Luben, Robert N.; Lubinski, Jan; Mannermaa, Arto; Manoochehri, Mehdi; Manoukian, Siranoush; Margolin, Sara; Martens, John W.M.; Maurer, Tabea; Mavroudis, Dimitrios; Sohn, Christof; Soucy, Penny; Southey, Melissa C.; Spinelli, John J.; Steele, Linda; Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique; Tapper, William J.; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Terry, Mary Beth; Thomassen, Mads; Thompson, Jennifer; Thull, Darcy L.; Tischkowitz, Marc; Tollenaar, Rob A.E.M.; Torres, Diana; Troester, Melissa A.; Truong, Therese; Tung, Nadine; Untch, Michael; Vachon, Celine M.; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Van Veen, Elke M.; Vega, Ana; Viel, Alessandra; Wappenschmidt, Barbara; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; Wendt, Camilla; Wieme, Greet; Wolk, Alicja; Yang, Xiaohong R.; Zheng, Wei; Ziogas, Argyrios; Zorn, Kristin K.; Dunning, Alison M.; Lush, Michael; Wang, Qin; McGuffog, Lesley; Parsons, Michael T.; Pharoah, Paul D.P.; Fostira, Florentia; Toland, Amanda Ewart; Andrulis, Irene L.; Ramus, Susan J.; Swerdlow, Anthony J.; Greene, Mark H.; Chung, Wendy K.; Milne, Roger L.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Dork, Thilo; Schmidt, Marjanka K.; Easton, Douglas F.; Radice, Paolo; Hahnen, Eric; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Couch, Fergus J.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Surralles, Jordi; Peterlongo, Paolo (Nature Research, 2019-12)
    Breast cancer is a common disease partially caused by genetic risk factors. Germline pathogenic variants in DNA repair genes BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, ATM, and CHEK2 are associated with breast cancer risk. FANCM, which encodes ...
  • Fenced and fragmented : conservation value of managed metapopulations 
    Miller, Susan M.; Harper, Cindy Kim; Bloomer, Paulette; Hofmeyr, Jennifer; Funston, Paul J. (Public Library of Science, 2015-12-23)
    Population fragmentation is threatening biodiversity worldwide. Species that once roamed vast areas are increasingly being conserved in small, isolated areas. Modern management approaches must adapt to ensure the continued ...
  • Fern genomes elucidate land plant evolution and cyanobacterial symbioses 
    Li, Fay-Wei; Brouwer, Paul; Carretero-Paulet, Lorenzo; Cheng, Shifeng; De Vries, Jan; Delaux, Pierre-Marc; Eily, Ariana; Koppers, Nils; Kuo, Li-Yaung; Li, Zheng; Simenc, Mathew; Small, Ian; Wafula, Eric; Angarita, Stephany; Barker, Michael S.; Brautigam, Andrea; DePamphilis, Claude; Gould, Sven; Hosmani, Prashant S.; Huang, Yao-Moan; Huettel, Bruno; Kato, Yoichiro; Liu, Xin; Maere, Steven; McDowell, Rose; Mueller, Lukas A.; Nierop, Klaas G.J.; Rensing, Stefan A.; Robison, Tanner; Rothfels, Carl J.; Sigel, Erin M.; Song, Yue; Timilsena, Prakash R.; Van de Peer, Yves; Wang, Hongli; Wilhelmsson, Per K.I.; Wolf, Paul G.; Xu, Xun; Der, Joshua P.; Schluepmann, Henriette; Wong, Gane K.-S.; Pryer, Kathleen M. (Nature Publishing Group, 2018-07-02)
    Ferns are the closest sister group to all seed plants, yet little is known about their genomes other than that they are generally colossal. Here, we report on the genomes of Azolla filiculoides and Salvinia cucullata ...
  • Few figs for frugivores : riparian fig trees in Zimbabwe may not be a dry season keystone resource 
    Compton, Stephen G.; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree) (Wiley, 2020-12)
    Most plants flower and fruit at times of year when probabilities of pollination and seedling establishment are high. Fig trees (Ficus spp.) are often considered as keystone resources for vertebrate frugivores, in part ...
  • Filamentous fungi and yeasts associated with mites phoretic on Ips typographus in Eastern Finland 
    Linnakoski, Riikka; Lasarov, Ilmeini; Veteli, Pyry; Tikkanen, Olli-Pekka; Viiri, Heli; Jyske, Tuula; Kasanen, Risto; Duong, Tuan A.; Wingfield, Michael J. (MDPI, 2021-06-04)
    The European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) has become a major forest pest in Finland in recent years. The beetle is a well-known vector of mainly ophiostomatoid fungi causing bluestain of timber and pathogens that ...
  • Finding stories in noise : Mitochondrial portraits from RAD data 
    Stobie, Connor Seamus; Cunningham, Michael J.; Oosthuizen, C.J. (Carel); Bloomer, Paulette (Wiley, 2019-01)
    many years; however, recent trends focus on genome‐wide analyses. One method proposed for calibrating inferences from noisy next‐generation data, such as RAD sequencing, is to compare these results with analyses of ...
  • First draft genome assembly of the Argane tree (Argania spinosa) [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] 
    Khayi, Slimane; Azza, Nour Elhouda; Gaboun, Fatima; Pirro, Stacy; Badad, Oussama; Lightfoot, David A.; Unver, Turgay; Chaouni, Bouchra; Merrouch, Redouane; Rahim, Bouchra; Essayeh, Soumaya; Ganoudi, Matika; Abdelwahd, Rabha; Diria, Ghizlane; Mdarhi, Meriem Alaoui; Labhilili, Mustapha; Iraqi, Driss; Claros, M Gonzalo; Mouhaddab, Jamila; Sedrati, Hayat; Memari, Majid; Hamamouch, Noureddine; De Dios Alche, Juan; Alche, Juan de Dios; Boukhatem, Noureddine; Mrabet, Rachid; Dahan, Rachid; Legssyer, Adelkhaleq; Khalfaoui, Mohamed; Badraoui, Mohamed; Van de Peer, Yves; Tatusova, Tatiana; El Mousadik, Abdelhamid; Mentag, Rachid; Ghazal, Hassan (F1000 Research, 2020)
    BACKGROUND : The Argane tree (Argania spinosa L. Skeels) is an endemic tree of mid-western Morocco that plays an important socioeconomic and ecologic role for a dense human population in an arid zone. Several studies ...
  • First draft genome assembly of the Argane tree (Argania spinosa) 
    Khayi, Slimane; Azza, Nour Elhouda; Gaboun, Fatima; Pirro, St acy; Badad, Oussama; Claros, M. Gonzalo; Lightfoot, David A.; Unver, Turgay; Chaouni, Bouchra; Merrouch, Redouane; Rahim, Bouchra; Essayeh, Soumaya; Ganoudi, Matika; Abdelwahd, Rabha; Diria, Ghizlane; Mdarhi, Meriem Alaoui; Labhilili, Mustapha; Mouhaddab, Jamila; Sedrati, Hayat; Memari, Majid; Hamamouch, Noureddine; Hamamouch, Noureddine; De Dios Alche, Juan; Boukhatem, Noureddine; Mrabet, Rachid; Dahan, Rachid; Legssyer, Adelkhaleq; Khalfaoui, Mohamed; Badraoui, Mohamed; Van de Peer, Yves; Tatusova, Tatiana; El Mousadik, Abdelhamid; Mentag, Rachid; Ghazal, Hassan (F1000 Faculty Rev, 2018-08-17)
    BACKGROUND : The Argane tree (Argania spinosa L. Skeels) is an endemic tree of southwestern Morocco that plays an important socioeconomic and ecologic role for a dense human population in an arid zone. Several ...
  • First draft genome assembly of the desert locust, Schistocerca Gregaria 
    Verlinden, Heleen; Sterck, Lieven; Li, Jia; Li, Zhen; Yssel, A.E.J. (Anna); Gansemans, Yannick; Verdonck, Rik; Holtof, Michiel; Song, Hojun; Behmer, Spencer T.; Sword, Gregory A.; Matheson, Tom; Ott, Swidbert R.; Deforce, Dieter; Van Nieuwerburgh, Filip; Van de Peer, Yves; Vanden Broeck, Jozef (F1000Research, 2020)
    BACKGROUND: At the time of publication, the most devastating desert locust crisis in decades is affecting East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and South-West Asia. The situation is extremely alarming in East Africa, where ...
  • First fungal genome sequence from Africa : a preliminary analysis 
    Wingfield, Brenda D.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Santana, Quentin C.; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Bam, Stefan; Barnes, Irene; Beukes, Chrizelle Winsie; Chan, Wai Yin; De Vos, Lieschen; Fourie, Gerda; Friend, Melanie; Gordon, Thomas R. (Tom); Herron, Darryl A.; Holt, Carson; Korf, Ian; Kvas, Marija; Martin, Simon H.; Mlonyeni, X.O.M. (Xolile Osmond Mnyamezeli); Naidoo, Kershney; Phasha, Mmatshepho Malekgale; Postma, Alisa; Reva, Oleg N.; Roos, Heidi; Simpson, M.C. (Melissa Claire); Slinski, Stephanie; Slippers, Bernard; Sutherland, Rene; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Wilken, Pieter Markus; Yandell, Mark; Zipfel, Renate; Wingfield, Michael J. (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2012-01-25)
    Some of the most significant breakthroughs in the biological sciences this century will emerge from the development of next generation sequencing technologies. The ease of availability of DNA sequence made possible through ...
  • First record of Colletogloeopsis zuluense comb. nov., causing a stem canker of Eucalyptus in China 
    Cortinas, Maria-Noel; Burgess, Treena I.; Dell, Bernard (Bernie); Xu, Daping; Crous, Pedro W.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Elsevier, 2006-02)
    Coniothyrium zuluense causes a serious canker disease of Eucalyptus in various parts of the world. Very little is known regarding the taxonomy of this asexual fungus, which was provided with a name based solely on morphological ...
  • First record of Quadrastichus mendeli, a parasitoid of Leptocybe invasa, in South Africa 
    Bush, Samantha J.; Dittrich-Schroder, Gudrun; Neser, S. (Stefanus), 1942-; Gevers, Caitlin R.; Baffoe, Kwabena O.; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett Phillip (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2018)
    Leptocybe invasa, the blue gum chalcid, is a well-known pest of Eucalyptus globally. Since it was first observed in the Mediterranean and Middle East in 2000, it has spread to other countries where Eucalyptus have been ...