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Genome Biology

• Rapid transcriptional plasticity of duplicated gene clusters enables a clonally reproducing aphid to colonise diverse plant species

  <p>The prevailing paradigm of host-parasite evolution is that arms races lead to increasing specialisation via genetic adaptation. Insect herbivores are no exception and the majority have evolved to colonise

  • 13/02/2017

  • Genome Biology
  • • Plant Diseases
    • Pest Control
    • Agricultural Research
    • Crops

• Elucidating variations in the nucleotide sequence of Ebola virus associated with increasing pathogenicity

  Ebolaviruses cause a severe and often fatal haemorrhagic fever in humans, with some species such as Ebola virus having case fatality rates approaching 90%. Currently, the worst Ebola virus outbreak since

  • 22/11/2014

  • Genome Biology
  • • Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever)
    • Africa
    • Viral Diseases

• Ancient origin and evolution of the Indian wolf: evidence from mitochondrial DNA typing of wolves from Trans-Himalayan region and Pennisular India

  <p>The two wolf types found in India are represented by two isolated populations and believed to be two sub-species of Canis lupus. One of these wolf, locally called Himalayan wolf (HW) or Tibetan wolf,

  • 29/04/2003

  • Genome Biology
  • • Wildlife
    • Wolves
    • India
    • Himalaya
    • Endangered Species