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Submissions from 2012

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The revised classification of eukaryotes, Sina M. Adl, Alastair G.B. Simpson, Christopher E. Lane, Julius Lukeš, David Bass, Samuel S. Bowser, Matthew W. Brown, Fabien Burki, Micah Dunthorn, Vladimir Hampl, Aaron Heiss, Mona Hoppenrath, Enrique Lara, Line Le Gall, Denis H. Lynn, Hilary McManus, Edward A.D. Mitchell, Sharon E. Mozley-Stanridge, Laura W. Parfrey, Jan Pawlowski, Sonja Rueckert, Laura Shadwick, Conrad L. Schoch, Alexey Smirnov, and Frederick W. Spiegel

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A single amino acid mutation in an ABC transporter gene causes resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ab in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, Shogo Atsumi, Kazuhisa Miyamoto, Kimiko Yamamoto, Junko Narukawa, Sawako Kawai, Hideki Sezutsu, Isao Kobayashi, Keiro Uchino, Toshiki Tamura, Kazuei Mita, Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Sanae Wada, Kohzo Kanda, and Marian R. Goldsmith

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Red algal parasites: Models for a life history evolution that leaves photosynthesis behind again and again, Nicolas A. Blouin and Christopher E. Lane

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Out of Florida: mtDNA reveals patterns of migration and Pleistocene range expansion of the Green Anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis), Shane C. Campbell-Staton, Rachel M. Goodman, Niclas Backström, Scott V. Edwards, Jonathan B. Losos, and Jason J. Kolbe

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Epizootic shell disease in American lobsters Homarus americanus in southern New England: Past, present and future, Kathleen M. Castro, J. Stanley Cobb, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, and Michael Tlusty

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Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs, Bruce A. Curtis, Christopher E. Lane, and et al

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Temperature compensation of aerobic capacity and performance in the Antarctic pteropod, Clione antarctica, compared with its northern congener, C. limacina, Agnieszka K. Dymowska, Thomas Manfredi, Joshua J. C. Rosenthal, and Brad A. Seibel

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Modeling range dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes: invasion of the hemlock woolly adelgid in eastern North America, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Evan L. Preisser, Adam Porter, Joseph Elkinton, and Aaron M. Ellison

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Shell disease in the American lobster, homarus americanus: A synthesis of research from the New England lobster research initiative: Lobster shell disease, Marta Gomez-Chiarri and J. Stanley Cobb

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Exotic herbivores on a shared native host: Tissue quality after individual, simultaneous, and sequential attack, Sara Gómez, Colin M. Orians, and Evan L. Preisser

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False Ring Formation in Eastern Hemlock Branches: Impacts of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Elongate Hemlock Scale, Liahna Gonda-King, Laura Radville, and Evan L. Preisser

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A CELLULOSE SYNTHASE (CESA) gene essential for gametophore morphogenesis in the moss Physcomitrella patens, Chessa A. Goss, Derek J. Brockmann, John T. Bushoven, and Alison W. Roberts

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The Glycosyltransferase Repertoire of the Spikemoss Selaginella moellendorffii and a Comparative Study of Its Cell Wall, Jesper Harholt, Iben Sørensen, Jonatan Fangel, Alison Roberts, William G.T. Willats, Henrik Vibe Scheller, Bent Larsen Petersen, Jo Ann Banks, and Peter Ulvskov

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Vegetation and Invertebrate Community Response to Eastern Hemlock Decline in Southern New England, Laura L. Ingwell, Mailea Miller-Pierce, R. Talbot Trotter III, and Evan L. Preisser

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The ability of land plants to synthesize glucuronoxylans predates the evolution of tracheophytes, Ameya R. Kulkarni, Maria J. Peña, Utku Avci, Koushik Mazumder, Breeanna R. Urbanowicz, Sivakumar Pattathil, Yanbin Yin, Malcolm A. O'Neill, Alison W. Roberts, Michael G. Hahn, Ying Xu, Alan G. Darvill, and William S. York

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Asymmetric priority effects influence the success of invasive forest insects, Mailea R. Miller-Pierce and Evan L. Preisser

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Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres, Andrew H. Paterson, Alison W. Roberts, and et al

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Cyanophora paradoxa genome elucidates origin of photosynthesis in algae and plants, Dana C. Price, Cheong Xin Chan, Hwan Su Yoon, Eun Chan Yang, Huan Qiu, Andreas P.M. Weber, Rainer Schwacke, Jeferson Gross, Nicolas A. Blouin, Chris Lane, Adrián Reyes-Prieto, Dion G. Durnford, Jonathan A.D. Neilson, B. Franz Lang, Gertraud Burger, Jürgen M. Steiner, Wolfgang Löffelhardt, Jonathan E. Meuser, Matthew C. Posewitz, Steven Ball, Maria Cecilia Arias, Bernard Henrissat, Pedro M. Coutinho, Stefan A. Rensing, Aikaterini Symeonidi, Harshavardhan Doddapaneni, Beverly R. Green, Veeran D. Rajah, and Jeffrey Boore

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Exposure to the steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone modulates agonistic interactions in male Homarus americanus, V. L. Reinhart, S. I. Cromarty, M. W. Sipala, and G. Kass-Simon

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Moss cell walls: structure and biosynthesis, Alison W. Roberts, Eric M. Roberts, and Candace H. Haigler

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Feeding in the dark: lateral-line-mediated prey detection in the peacock cichlid Aulonocara stuartgranti, Margot A. B. Schwalbe, Daniel K. Bassett, and Jacqueline F. Webb

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Energetic Plasticity Underlies a Variable Response to Ocean Acidification in the Pteropod, Limacina helicina antarctica, Brad A. Seibel, Amy E. Maas, and Heidi M. Dierssen

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Optimized conditions for transgenesis of the ascidian Ciona using square wave electroporation, David A. Vierra and Steven Q. Irvine

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Development of the ear, hearing capabilities and laterophysic connection in the spotfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon ocellatus), Jacqueline F. Webb, Ryan M. Walsh, Brandon M. Casper, David A. Mann, Natasha Kelly, and Nicole Cicchino

Submissions from 2011

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The selaginella genome identifies genetic changes associated with the evolution of vascular plants, Jo Ann Banks, Tomoaki Nishiyama, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, John L. Bowman, Michael Gribskov, Claude DePamphilis, Victor A. Albert, Naoki Aono, Tsuyoshi Aoyama, Barbara A. Ambrose, Neil W. Ashton, Michael J. Axtell, Elizabeth Barker, Michael S. Barker, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, Nicholas D. Bonawitz, Clint Chapple, Chaoyang Cheng, Luiz Gustavo Guedes Correa, Michael Dacre, Jeremy DeBarry, Ingo Dreyer, Marek Elias, Eric M. Engstrom, Mark Estelle, Liang Feng, Cédric Finet, Sandra K. Floyd, and Wolf B. Frommer

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Using citizen science programs to identify host resistance in pest-invaded forests, Laura L. Ingwell and Evan L. Preisser

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Expression of the Distalless-B gene in Ciona is regulated by a pan-ectodermal enhancer module, Steven Q. Irvine, David A. Vierra, Brad J. Millette, Matthew D. Blanchette, and Rachel E. Holbert

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Scales of orientation, directed walks and movement path structure in sharks, Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Daniel P. Cartamil, Christopher G. Lowe, Carl G. Meyer, Bradley M. Wetherbee, and Kim N. Holland

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Eastern hemlock (tsuga canadensis) regeneration in the presence of hemlock woolly adelgid (adelges tsugae) and elongate hemlock scale (fiorinia externa), Evan L. Preisser, Mailea R. Miller-Pierce, Jacqueline Vansant, and David A. Orwig

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Variation in Plant Defense against Invasive Herbivores: Evidence for a Hypersensitive Response in Eastern Hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis), Laura Radville, Arielle Chaves, and Evan L. Preisser

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Knocking out the wall: protocols for gene targeting in Physcomitrella patens., Alison W. Roberts, Christos S. Dimos, Michael J. Budziszek, Chessa A. Goss, and Virginia Lai

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Creating a buzz about insect genomes, Gene E. Robinson, Kevin J. Hackett, Mary Purcell-Miramontes, Susan J. Brown, Jay D. Evans, Marian R. Goldsmith, Daniel Lawson, Jack Okamuro, Hugh M. Robertson, and David J. Schneider

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Notes on the marine algae of the Bermudas. 12. A phylogenetic assessment of Nemastoma gelatinosum M. Howe (Rhodophyta, Nemastomatales) from its type locality, Craig W. Schneider, Daniel C. McDevit, Gary W. Saunders, and Christopher E. Lane

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Mapping Shallow Coastal Ecosystems: A Case Study of a Rhode Island Lagoon, Mark Stolt, Michael Bradley, Jim Turenne, Maggie Payne, Eric Scherer, Giancarlo Cicchetti, Emily Shumchenia, Marisa Guarinello, John W. King, Jon Boothroyd, Bryan Oakley, Carol Thornber, and Pete August

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Simulating the dispersal of hemlock woolly adelgid in the temperate forest understory, Jenna L. Turner, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, and Evan L. Preisser

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Hearing and lateral line | Lateral Line Structure, J. Webb

Submissions from 2010

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Phylogenetically distinct cellulose synthase genes support secondary wall thickening in arabidopsis shoot trichomes and cotton fiber, Lissete Betancur, Bir Singh, Ryan A. Rapp, Jonathan F. Wendel, M. David Marks, Alison W. Roberts, and Candace H. Haigler

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Using Molecular-Assisted Alpha Taxonomy to Better Understand Red Algal Biodiversity in Bermuda, Elisabeth N. Cianciola, Thea R. Popolizio, Craig W. Schneider, and Christopher E. Lane

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Barrier Islands: Coupling anthropogenic stability with ecological sustainability, Rusty A. Feagin, William K. Smith, Norbert P. Psuty, Donald R. Young, M. Luisa Martnez, Gregory A. Carter, Kelly L. Lucas, James C. Gibeaut, Jane N. Gemma, and Richard E. Koske

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Ecological boundary detection using Bayesian areal wombling, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Evan L. Preisser, Adam Porter, Joseph Elkinton, Lance A. Waller, Bradley P. Carlin, and Aaron M. Ellison

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Shark scavenging behavior in the presence of competition, Shannon P. Gerry and Andrea J. Scott

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Red Algae Lose Key Mitochondrial Genes in Response to Becoming Parasitic, Lillian Hancock, Lynda Goff, and Christopher E. Lane

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Poles Apart: The ‘‘Bipolar’’ Pteropod Species Limacina helicina is Genetically Distinct between the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans, Brian Hunt, Jan Strugnell, Nina Bednarsek, Katrin Linse, R. John Nelson, Evgeny Pakhomov, Brad A. Seibel, Dirk Steinke, and Laura Würzberg

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Glutamatergic transmission in hydra: NMDA/D-serine affects the electrical activity of the body and tentacles of Hydra vulgaris (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) (The Biological Bulletin (2010) 216:2 (113-125)), J. C. Kay and G. Kass-Simon

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Repression of tyrosine hydroxylase is responsible for the sex-linked chocolate mutation of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, Chun Liu, Kimiko Yamamoto, Ting-Cai Cheng, Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Junko Narukawa, Shi-Ping Liu, Yu Han, Ryo Futahashi, Kurako Kidokoro, Hiroaki Noda, Isao Kobayahi, Toshiki Tamura, Akio Ohnuma, Yutaka Banno, Fang-Ying Dai, Zhong-Huai Xiang, Marian R. Goldsmith, Kazuei Mita, and Qing-You Xia

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Effects of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Elongate Hemlock Scale on Eastern Hemlock Growth and Foliar Chemistry, Mailea R. Miller-Pierce, David A. Orwig, and Evan L. Preisser

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Predator Effects in Predator-Free Space: The Remote Effects of Predators on Prey, John L. Orrock, Lawerence M. Dill, Andrew Sih, Johnathan H. Grabowski, Scott D. Peacor, Barbara L. Peckarsky, Evan L. Preisser, James R. Vonesh, and Earl E. Werner

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Foraging ecology of Cookiecutter Sharks (Isistius brasiliensis) on pelagic fishes in Hawaii, inferred from prey bite wounds, Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Bradley M. Wetherbee, John O'Sullivan, Gwen D. Goodmanlowe, and Christopher G. Lowe

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Nematocyst discharge in Hydra vulgaris: Differential responses of desmonemes and stenoteles to mechanical and chemical stimulation, A. A. Scappaticci, Fhyzeedon Kahn, and G. Kass-Simon

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Notes on the marine algae of the Bermudas. 11. More additions to the benthic flora and a phylogenetic assessment of Halymenia pseudofloresii (Halymeniales, Rhodophyta) from its type locality, Craig W. Schneider, Christopher E. Lane, and Gary W. Saunders

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Critical oxygen levels and metabolic suppression in oceanic oxygen minimum zones, Brad A. Seibel

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Predator-prey naïveté, antipredator behavior, and the ecology of predator invasions, Andrew Sih, Daniel I. Bolnick, Barney Luttbeg, John L. Orrock, Scott D. Peacor, Lauren M. Pintor, Evan Preisser, Jennifer S. Rehage, and James R. Vonesh

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The ears of butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae): 'Hearing generalists' on noisy coral reefs?, J. F. Webb, J. L. Herman, C. F. Woods, and D. R. Ketten

Submissions from 2009

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Population size and survivorship for juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) on their nursery grounds at a marine protected area in Brazil, Renato Hajenius Aché de Freitas, Ricardo S. Rosa, Bradley M. Wetherbee, and Samuel H. Gruber

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Coastal Lagoons and Climate Change: Ecological and Social Ramifications in the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ecosystems, Abigail Anthony, Joshua Atwood, Peter V. August, Carrie Byron, J. Stanley Cobb, Cheryl Foster, Crystal Fry, Arthur Gold, Kifle Hagos, Leanna Heffner, D. Q. Kellogg, Kimberly Lellis-Dibble, James J. Opaluch, Candace A. Oviatt, Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert, Nicole Rohr, Leslie Smith, Tiffany Smythe, Judith Swift, and Nathan Vinhateiro

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Organized flight in birds, Iztok Lebar Bajec and Frank H. Heppner

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Qualitative observations of dungeness crabs, Cancer magister, in and around traps: Evidence of resource guarding and clustering, Julie S. Barber and J. Stanley Cobb

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Avian kleptoparasitism of the digger wasp sphex pensylvanicus, Justin Benttinen and Evan Preisser

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Observer bias and the detection of low‐density populations, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Evan L. Preisser, Aaron M. Ellison, and Joseph S. Elkinton

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Recent progress in silkworm genetics and genomics, Marian R. Goldsmith

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Molecular biology and genetics of the lepidoptera, Marian R. Goldsmith and František Marec

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Biogenesis of Cellulose Nanofibrils by a Biological Nanomachine, Candace H. Haigler and Alison W. Roberts

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Introductory biology: Let's train lecturers, Frank Heppner

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Intraspecific variation in Tsuga canadensis foliar chemistry, Laura Ingwell, Joseph Brady, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Brian Maynard, Richard Casagrande, and Evan Preisser

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Nucleolar binding of an Anti-NMDA receptor antibody in hydra: A non-canonical role for an NMDA receptor protein?, Gabriele Kass-Simon, Michael A. Zompa, Albert A. Scappaticci, Robert V. Zackroff, and Linda A. Hufnagel

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Glutamatergic transmission in Hydra: NMDA/D-serine affects the electrical activity of the body and tentacles of hydra vulgaris (cnidaria, hydrozoa), J. C. Kay and G. Kass-Simon

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The physiology of predator stress in free-ranging prey, Evan L. Preisser

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Resource dynamics influence the strength of non-consumptive predator effects on prey, Evan L. Preisser, Daniel I. Bolnick, and Jonathan H. Grabowski

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A cellulose synthase (CESA) gene from the red alga porphyra yezoensis (rhodophyta), Eric Roberts and Alison W. Roberts

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Trade-off between aerobic capacity and locomotor capability in an Antarctic pteropod, Joshua J. C. Rosenthal, Brad A. Seibel, Agnieszka Dymowska, and Francisco Bezanilla

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KAIKObase: An integrated silkworm genome database and data mining tool, Michihiko Shimomura, Hiroshi Minami, Yoshitaka Suetsugu, Hajime Ohyanagi, Chikatada Satoh, Baltazar Antonio, Yoshiaki Nagamura, Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Hideyuki Kajiwara, Hideki Sezutsu, Javaregowda Nagaraju, Marian R. Goldsmith, Qingyou Xia, Kimiko Yamamoto, and Kazuei Mita

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Recalculated diet and daily ration of the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus), with a focus on quantifying predation on bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, Anthony D. Wood, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Francis Juanes, Nancy E. Kohler, and Cheryl Wilga

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Construction and Sequence Sampling of Deep-Coverage Large-Insect BAC Libraries for Three Model Lepidopteran Species, Chengcang Wu, Dina Proestou, Dorothy Carter, Erica Nicholson, Filippe Santos, Shaying Zhao, Hong-Bin Zhang, and Marian R. Goldsmith

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Extensive Conserved Synteny of Genes Between the Karyotypes of Manduca sexta and Bombyx mori Revealed by BAC-FISH Mapping, Yuji Yasukochi, Makiko Tanaka-Okuyama, Fukashi Shibata, Atsuo Yoshido, Frantisek Marec, Chengcang Wu, Hongbin Zhang, Marian R. Goldsmith, and Ken Sahara

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An Integrated Genetic Linkage Map for Silkworms with Three Parental Combinations and Its Application to the Mapping of Single Genes and QTL, Shuai Zhan, Jianhua Huang, Qiuhong Guo, Yunpo Zhao, Weihua Li, Xuexia Miao, Marian R. Goldsmith, Muwang Li, and Yongping Huang

Submissions from 2008

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Severity of alcohol withdrawal symptoms depends on developmental stage of Long–Evans rats, Chun-Shiang Chung, Jian Wang, Monh Wehman, and Dennis E. Rhoads

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Perception of the steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone modulates agonistic interactions in Homarus americanus, Debra L. Coglianese, Stuart I. Cromarty, and G. Kass-Simon

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Cis-regulatory organization of the Pax6 gene in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis, Steven Q. Irvine, Vera C. Fonseca, Michael A. Zompa, and Rajee Antony

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Fluid Dynamics of Feeding Behaviour in White-Spotted Bamboo Sharks, Sandra Nauwelaerts, Cheryl Wilga, George V. Lauder, and Christopher P. Sanford

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Sargassum fusiforme Fraction is a Potent and Specific Inhibitor of HIV-1 Fusion and Reverse Transcriptase, Elena E. Paskaleva, Xudong Lin, Karen Duus, James J. McSharry, Jean-Claude L. Veille, Carol S. Thornber, Yanze Liu, David Yu-Wei Lee, and Mario Canki

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REVISITING THE CLASSICS: CONSIDERING NONCONSUMPTIVE EFFECTS IN TEXTBOOK EXAMPLES OF PREDATOR–PREY INTERACTIONS, Barbara L. Peckarsky, Peter A. Abrams, Daniel I. Bolnick, Lawrence M. Dill, Jonathan H. Grabowski, Barney Luttberg, John L. Orrock, Scott D. Peacor, Evan L. Preisser, Oswald J. Schmitz, and Geoffrey C. Trussell

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When predators don't eat their prey: Nonconsumptive predator effects on prey dynamics, Evan L. Preisser and Daniel I. Bolnick

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The Many Faces of Fear: Comparing the Pathways and Impacts of Nonconsumptive Predator Effects on Prey Populations, Evan L. Preisser and Daniel I. Bolnick

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EXPLOITATIVE COMPETITION BETWEEN INVASIVE HERBIVORES BENEFITS A NATIVE HOST PLANT, Evan L. Preisser and Joseph S. Elkinton

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Evolution of increased cold tolerance during range expansion of the elongate hemlock scale Fiorinia externa Ferris (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), Evan L. Preisser, Joseph S. Elkinton, and Kristopher Abell

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Patterns of male reproductive success in Crepidula fornicata provide new insight for sex allocation and optimal sex change, Dina A. Proestou, Marian R. Goldsmith, and Saran Twombly

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METAPOPULATION DYNAMICS OVERRIDE LOCAL LIMITS ON LONG‐TERM PARASITE PERSISTENCE, Karthik Ram, Evan L. Preisser, Daniel S. Gruner, and Donald R. Strong

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Synergistic effects of climate-related variables suggest future physiological impairment in a top oceanic predator, Rui Rosa and Brad A. Seibel

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NMDA and GABAB receptors are involved in controlling nematocyst discharge in hydra, A. A. Scappaticci and G. Kass-Simon

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FROM INDIVIDUALS TO ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION: TOWARD AN INTEGRATION OF EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY, Oswald J. Schmitz, Jonathan H. Garbowski, Barbara L. Peckarsky, Evan L. Preisser, Geoffrey C. Trussell, and James R. Vonesh

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Evolutionary divergence in the feeding mechanism of fishes, Cheryl A.D. Wilga

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Suction Generation in White-Spotted Bamboo Sharks Chiloscyllium Plagiosum, Cheryl D. Wilga and Christopher P. Sanford

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A BAC-Based Integrated Linkage Map of the Silkworm Bombyx mori, Kimiko Yamamoto, Junko Nohata, Keiko Kadono-Okuda, Junko Narukawa, Motoe Sasanuma, Shun-ichi Sasanuma, Hiroshi Minami, Michihiko Shimomura, Yoshitaka Suetsugu, Yutaka Banno, Kazutoyo Osoegawa, Pieter J. de Jong, Marian R. Goldsmith, and Kazuei Mita

Submissions from 2007

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Injury in trapped Dungeness crabs (Cancer magister), Julie S. Barber and J. Stanley Cobb

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Interspecific comparison of hydrodynamic performance and structural properties among intertidal macroalgae, Michael L. Boller and Emily Carrington

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Lecture is Dead provokes "nostalgia and amusement.", Frank Heppner

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Professors and etiquette, Frank Heppner

Avian flight without visual reference: Preflight spinning produces spatial disorientation, Frank H. Heppner, Jennifer E. Gabel, and Kathryn March

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Whole-mount In situ Hybridization of Small Invertebrate Embryos Using Laboratory Mini-columns, Steven Q. Irvine

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Non-overlapping expression patterns of the clustered Dll-A/B genes in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis, Steven Q. Irvine, Michelle C. Cangiano, Brad J. Millette, and Erika S. Gutter