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  • A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees 

    Barribeau, Seth M.; Sadd, Ben M.; du Plessis, Louis; Brown, Mark J. F.; Buechel, Severine D.; Cappelle, Kaat; Carolan, James C.; Christiaens, Olivier; Colgan, Thomas J.; Erler, Silvio; Evans, Jay D.; Helbing, Sophie; Karaus, Elke; Lattorff, H. M. G.; Marxer, Monika; Meeus, Ivan; Näpflin, Kathrin; Niu, Jinzhi; Schmid-Hempel, Regula; Smagghe, Guy; Waterhouse, Robert M.; Yu, Na; Zdobnov, Evgeny M.; Schmid-Hempel, Paul (2015-04-24)
    Background Sociality has many rewards, but can also be dangerous, as high population density and low genetic diversity, common in social insects, is ideal for parasite transmission. Despite this risk, honeybees and other ...
  • Identification, characterization, and gene expression analysis of nucleotide binding site (NB)-type resistance gene homologues in switchgrass 

    Frazier, Taylor Price; Palmer, Nathan A.; Xie, Fuliang; Tobias, Christian M.; Donze-Reiner, Teresa J.; Bombarely, Aureliano; Childs, Kevin L.; Shu, Shengqiang; Jenkins, Jerry W.; Schmutz, Jeremy; Zhang, Baohong; Sarath, Gautam; Zhao, Bingyu (2016-11-08)
    Abstract Background Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a warm-season perennial grass that can be used as a second generation bioenergy crop. However, foliar fungal ...
  • A Perspective on Systemic Nutrition and Nutritional Genomics 

    Escott-Stump, Sylvia (East Carolina University, 2009)
    The brain and the gut work synergistically with each other and other organs. Reviewing nutrition systemically (rather than by single organs) is a holistic way for dietitians to evaluate their clients’ health status. ...