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| Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | Phylotranscriptomic evidence for pervasive ancient hybridization among Old World salamanders | 05/02/21 | |
| Forests | A Circular Chloroplast Genome of Fagus sylvatica Reveals High Conservation between Two Individuals from Germany and One Individual from Poland and an Alternate Direction of the Small Single-Copy Region | 04/02/21 | |
| Planta Medica | BNO 1095, a Standardized Dry Extract from the Fruits of Vitex agnus-castus, Impairs Angiogenesis-related Endothelial Cell Functions In Vitro | 02/02/21 | |
| Environmental Sciences Europe | Commercial preparations of pesticides exert higher toxicity and cause changes at subcellular level in earthworm Eisenia andrei | 02/02/21 | |
| Freshwater Biology | Genetic data support local persistence in multiple glacial refugia in the montane net‐winged midge Liponeura cinerascens cinerascens (diptera, blephariceridae) | 01/02/21 | |
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| European Journal of Plant Pathology | Pseudoperonospora humuli might be an introduced species in Central Europe with low genetic diversity but high distribution potential | 28/01/21 | |
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| Journal of Molecular Medicine | The immunomodulatory potential of the arylmethylaminosteroid sc1o | 17/12/20 | |
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| Scientific Reports | Knowledge on exotic mosquitoes in Germany, and public acceptance and effectiveness of Bti and two self-prepared insecticides against Aedes japonicus japonicus | 03/11/20 | |
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| Biomolecules | Identification of Feldin, an Antifungal Polyyne from the Beefsteak Fungus Fistulina hepatica | 31/10/20 | |
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| Development | Tek/Tie2 is not required for cardiovascular development in zebrafish | 12/10/20 | |
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| Journal of Conchology | Phylogeny, species-limits and taxonomic revision of otalini (Helicidae) from North-West Africa | 01/10/20 | |
| Antibiotics | Anthelminthic Activity of Assassin Bug Venom against the Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni | 01/10/20 | |
| Genome Biology and Evolution | Genome-Wide Analysis of Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Reveals Correlated Gene Loss with Absence of Usnic Acid in Lichen-Forming Fungi | 10/09/20 | |
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| Science of The Total Environment | Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in raw and treated wastewater in Germany – Suitability for COVID-19 surveillance and potential transmission risks | 18.08.2020 (online) | |
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| Current Biology | Pre-extinction Demographic Stability and Genomic Signatures of Adaptation in the Woolly Rhinoceros | 13/08/20 | |
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| Nature | The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution | 05/08/20 | |
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| Marine Drugs | Proteo-Transcriptomic Analysis Identifies Potential Novel Toxins Secreted by the Predatory, Prey-Piercing Ribbon Worm Amphiporus lactifloreus | 01/08/20 | |
| Science Advances | Peptidoglycan editing provides immunity to Acinetobacter baumannii during bacterial warfare | 22/07/20 | |
| frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | Climate Change Genomics Calls for Standardized Data Reporting | 21/07/20 | |
| Science | Rigorous wildlife disease surveillance. A decentralized model could address global health risks associated with wildlife exploitation | 10/07/20 | |
| IMA Fungus | Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding? | 10/07/20 | |
| frontiers in Immunology | From Cancer to Immune-Mediated Diseases and Tolerance Induction: Lessons Learned From Immune Oncology and Classical Anti-cancer Treatment | 08/07/20 | |
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| frontiers in Plant Science | The Genome of Microthlaspi erraticum (Brassicaceae) Provides Insights Into the Adaptation to Highly Calcareous Soils | 03/07/20 | |
| Biomolecules | An Economic Dilemma between Molecular WeaponSystems May Explain an Arachno-Atypical Venom in Wasp Spiders (Argiope bruennichi) | 30/06/20 | |
| Molecular Biology and Evolution | Interspecific gene flow and the evolution of specialisation in black and white rhinoceros | 25/06/20 | |
| Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences | Reprograming of epigenetic mechanisms controlling host insect immunity and development in response to egg-laying by a parasitoid wasp | 10/06/20 | |
| BMC Evolutionary Biology (in Englisch) | An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola) | 03/06/20 | |
| GigaScience | Education in the genomics era: Generating high-quality genome assemblies in university courses | 03/06/20 | |
| Genome Biology and Evolution | Sawfly genomes reveal evolutionary acquisitions that fostered the mega-radiation of parasitoid and eusocial Hymenoptera | 22/05/20 | |
| G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics | Improving the Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) in a University Master’s Courserse | 08/05/20 | |
| Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine | Natural antiviral compound silvestrol modulates human monocyte-derived macrophages and dendritic cells | 06/05/20 | |
| Scientific Reports | In-vitro safety and off-target profile of the anti-parasitic arylmethylaminosteroid 1o | 05/05/20 | |
| Mycological Progress | Phylogeny and cultivation of the holocarpic oomycete Diatomophtora perforans comb. nov., an endoparasitoid of marine diatoms | 19/04/20 | |
| Genes | MinION-Based DNA Barcoding of Preserved and Non-Invasively Collected Wildlife Samples | 18/04/20 | |
| PLOS Biology | Portable sequencing as a teaching tool in conservation and biodiversity research | 16/04/20 | |
| Fungal Systematics and Evolution | Bolbea parastica gen. et sp. nov., a cultivable holocarpic parasitoid of the early-diverging Saprolegniomycetes | 16/04/20 | |
| Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | Formally described species woefully underrepresented phylogentic diversity in the common lichen photobiont genus Trebouxia (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta): An impetus for developing an intergrated taxonomy | 12/04/20 | |
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| Mycologia | Multiple evolutionary origins of sequestrate species in the agaricoid genus Chlorophyllum | 09/03/20 | |
| Fungal Systematics and Evolution | Two new species of the Peronospora balbahrii speces complex, Pe. choii sp. nov. and Pe. salviae-pratensis sp. nov., and a new host for Pe. salviae-officinalis | 03/03/20 | |
| Nature Biotechnology | Engineering bacterial symbionts of nematodes improves their biocontrol potential of the western corn rootworm | 17/02/20 | |
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| Biofilms and Microbiomes | The insect antimicrobial peptide cecropin A disrupts uropathogenic Escherichia coli biofilms | 12/02/20 | |
| Development Genes and Evolution | High-throughput sequencing for community analysis: the promise of DNA barcoding to uncover diversity, relatedness, abundances and interactions in spider communities | 10/02/20 | |
| Conservation Genetics | Range-wide patterns of human-mediated hybridisation in European wildcats | 25/01/20 | |
| Evolution Letters | Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species’ responses to climate change | 14/01/20 | |
| Molecular Ecology Resources | Applying genomic data in wildlife monitoring: Development guidelines for genotyping degraded samples with reduced single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) panels | 10/01/20 | |
| Molecular Ecology | Genomic processes underlying rapid adaptation of a natural Chironimus riparius population to unintendedly applied experimental selection pressures | 30/12/19 | |
| Scientific Reports | Phenylethylamides derived from bacterial secondary metabolites specifically inhibit an insect serotonin receptor | 30/12/19 | |
| Microorganisms | Tissue- and population-level microbiome analysis of the wasp spider Argiope bruennichi identified a novel dominant bacterial symbiont | 19/12/19 | |
| Toxins | Proteo-Transcriptomic Characterization of the Venom from the Endoparasitoid Wasp Pimpla turionellae with Aspects on Its Biology and Evolution | 10/12/19 | |
| Pest Management Science | Global occurrence data improve potential distribution models for Aedes japonicus japonicus in non-native regions | 09/12/19 | |
| Infection and Immunity | Vaccine-specific immune responses against Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in a low-dose murine challenge model | 09/12/19 | |
| PNAS | Efficient nonenzymatic cyclization and domain shuffling drive pyrrolopyrazine diversity from truncated variants of a fungal NRPS | 04/12/19 | |
| Genome Biology and Evolution | Annotated draft genomes of two caddisfly species Plectrocnemia conspersa CURTIS and Hydropsyche tenuis NAVAS (Insecta: Trichoptera) | 27/11/19 | |
| Ecology and Evolution | Abdominal microbial communities in ants depend on colony membership rather than caste and are linked to colony productivity | 14/11/19 | |
| ChemBioChem | New vocabulary for bacterial communication | 11/11/19 | |
| PeerJ | Vector distribution and transmission risk of the Zika virus in South and Central America | 07/11/19 | |
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| Angewandte Chemie International Edition | Promoter activation in Δhfq mutants as an efficient tool for specialized metabolite production enabling direct bioactivity testing | 06/11/19 | |
| Nature Communications | The oomycete Lagenisma coscinodisci hijacks host alkaloid synthesis during infection of a marine diatom | 30/10/19 | |
| Genes | Genetic Biomonitoring and Biodiversity Assessment Using Portable Sequencing Technologies: Current Uses and Future Directions | 29/10/19 | |
| Nature Microbiology | CRAGE enables rapid activation of biosynthetic gene clusters in undomesticated bacteria | 14/10/19 | |
| Journal of Natural History | Noninvasive DNA sampling and camera trapping suggest dramatic regional conservation status of an understudied carnivore: the Rüppell’s fox in Tunisia | 05/09/19 | |
| Molecular Ecology | Host And Geography Together Drive Early Adaptive Radiation Of Hawaiian Planthoppers | 04/09/19 | |
| Toxins | Phylogeny-Guided Selection of Priority Groups for Venom Bioprospecting: Harvesting Toxin Sequences in Tarantulas as a Case Study | 25/08/19 | |
| Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases | Antibacterial and antifungal activity of defensins from the Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus | 16/08/19 | |
| The Journal of Organic Chemistry | (±) Alternarlactones A and B, Two Antiparasitic Alternariol-like Dimers from the Fungus Alternaria alternata P1210 Isolated from the Halophyte Salicornia sp. | 14/08/19 | |
| Molecular Biology and Evolution | Parallel evolution of complex centipede venoms revealed by comparative proteotranscriptomic analyses | 08/08/19 | |
| Molecular Ecology | Conservation genetics: linking science with practice | 07/08/19 | |
| The FEBS Journal | Functional analysis of natural PCSK9 mutants in modern and archaic humans | 06/08/19 | |
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| Zoosymposia | Gene expression profiling in the aquatic caddisfly larvae Micropterna lateralis (Insecta: Trichoptera) in relation to stream drying | 15/07/19 | |
| The ISME Journal | Microbe-driven chemical ecology: past, present and future | 09/07/19 | |
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| Molecular Biology and Evolution | Advances and Applications in the Quest for Orthologs | 26/06/19 | |
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| Royal Society Open Science | Leishmaniasis in Eurasia and Africa: geographical distribution of vector species and pathogens | 22/05/19 | |
| Environmental Microbiology | Cyclo(tetrahydroxybutyrate) production is sufficient to distinguish between Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus isolates in Thailand | 18/05/19 | |
| Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | The significance of comparative genomics in modern evolutionary venomics | 09/05/19 | |
| Molecular Ecology | DNA metabarcoding – Need for robust experimental designs to draw sound ecological conclusions | 29/04/19 | |
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