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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
I estimate genome size for sequencing projects for a very wide range of vertebrates, invertebrates and plants..

I work on genome size evolution, & genomics.

My other areas of research include cytological, ecological and population genetics of arthropods.

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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University of Arizona - (Tucson, Arizona, United States)

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University of Washington - (Seattle, Washington, United States)

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Sequencing, assembly and annotation of the whole-insect genome of Lymantria dispar dispar, the European gypsy moth.

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Spodoptera littoralis genome mining brings insights on the dynamic of expansion of gustatory receptors in polyphagous noctuidae.

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Africanization of a feral honey bee (Apis mellifera) population in South Texas: does a decade make a difference?

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Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) leaves contain compounds that reduce nuclear propidium iodide fluorescence

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Genome sequence of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum.

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Endopolyploidy changes with age-related polyethism in the honey bee, Apis mellifera.

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Physiology, biochemistry, and topology: A gene involved in postmating flight muscle degeneration in red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) queens

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Evolution of genome size in Brassicaceae.

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Body lice and head lice (Anoplura: Pediculidae) have the smallest genomes of any hemimetabolous insect reported to date.

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DNA content of heterochromatin and euchromatin in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) pachytene chromosomes.

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Reference standards for determination of DNA content of plant nuclei.

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Tissue-specific patterns of endopolyploidy in the giant ant Dinoponera australis.

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Prevalence of Nosema species in a feral honey bee population: a 20-year survey

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Genome size evolution and phenotypic correlates in the poison frog family Dendrobatidae

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Population genomics and phylogeography of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in the United States, northern Mexico, and Argentina.

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Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stl), genome: putative underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest.

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Inheritance, distribution and genetic differentiation of a color polymorphism in Panamanian populations of the tortoise beetle, Chelymorpha alternans (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).

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Phylogenomics Identifies an Ancestral Burst of Gene Duplications Predating the Diversification of Aphidomorpha.

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Organ-specific patterns of endopolyploidy in the giant ant Dinoponera australis

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Whole genome SNP-associated signatures of local adaptation in honeybees of the Iberian Peninsula.

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VARIATION OF NUCLEAR-DNA CONTENT IN HELIANTHUS-ANNUUS (ASTERACEAE)

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The proximate and ultimate control of aging in Drosophila and humans.

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The mode and tempo of genome size evolution in the subgenus Sophophora.

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Stick insect genomes reveal natural selection's role in parallel speciation.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Genome size correlates with reproductive fitness in seed beetles.

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Genome Size Evolution Differs Between Drosophila Subgenera with Striking Differences in Male and Female Genome Size in Sophophora.

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Sorghum laxiflorum and S-macrospermum, the Australian native species most closely related to the cultivated S-bicolor based on ITS1 and ndhF sequence analysis of 25 Sorghum species

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Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome.

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Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle-plant interface.

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Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control.

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Whole-genome assembly of Culex tarsalis.

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Sex Determination and Genome Size in Catolaccus grandis (Burks, 1954) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

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Temporal pattern of africanization in a feral honeybee population from Texas inferred from mitochondrial DNA.

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Genome size determination using flow cytometry of propidium iodide-stained nuclei.

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DNA Underreplication in the Majority of Nuclei in the Drosophila Melanogaster Thorax: Evidence from Suur and Flow Cytometry

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Canadian Center of Science and Education

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Genomic survey of the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor, a major pest of the honey bee Apis mellifera.

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Linkage mapping and comparative genomics using next-generation RAD sequencing of a non-model organism.

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UNIQUE ISOZYME ELECTROMORPHS IN POLYGYNOUS RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT POPULATIONS

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Genome Size Estimation and Quantitative Cytogenetics in Insects

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The Genome of Rhyzopertha dominica (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae): Adaptation for Success.

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Whole genome sequence of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines.

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Genomic and karyotypic variation in Drosophila parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae).

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Initiation of flight muscle apoptosis and wing casting in the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta

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Honey bees (Hymenoptera : Apidae) of African origin exist in non-Africanized areas of the Southern United States: Evidence from mitochondrial DNA

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Metabolic resistance to insecticides: heterozygosity at the chromosome II locus in house flies, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae).

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Structural and Genetic Investigation of the Egg and First-Instar Larva of an Egg-Laying Population of Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), a Species of Forensic Importance.

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COMPARISON OF PLANT DNA CONTENTS DETERMINED BY FEULGEN MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY AND LASER FLOW-CYTOMETRY

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Effect of Phenotype Selection on Genome Size Variation in Two Species of Diptera.

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Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of African Origin Exist in Non-Africanized Areas of the Southern United States: Evidence from Mitochondrial DNA

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EXACT AGE-DETERMINATION IN LABORATORY AND FIELD-CAUGHT DROSOPHILA

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Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome

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Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Masquerading as self? Endoparasitic Strepsiptera (Insecta) enclose themselves in host-derived epidermal bag.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Africanization in the United States: replacement of feral European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) by an African hybrid swarm.

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Lineage-specific patterns of chromosome evolution are the rule not the exception in Polyneoptera insects.

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Variation in genome size of argasid and ixodid ticks.

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Allium cepa L. Cultivars from Four Continents Compared by Flow Cytometry show Nuclear DNA Constancy

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Parthenogenesis in a whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesus involves a reduction in ploidy.

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Preparation of samples for comparative studies of arthropod chromosomes: visualization, in situ hybridization, and genome size estimation.

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Genetic variation for anemotaxis (wind-directed movement) in laboratory and wild-caught populations of Drosophilia.

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Rapid genomic expansion and purging associated with habitat transitions in a Glade of beach crustaceans (Amphipoda: Haustoriidae)

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Extremely small genomes in two unrelated dipteran insects with shared early developmental traits.

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The Toxicogenome of Hyalella azteca: A Model for Sediment Ecotoxicology and Evolutionary Toxicology.

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Identification of Africanized honey bee (Hymenoptera : Apidae) mitochondrial DNA: Validation of a rapid polymerase chain reaction-based assay

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A high recombination rate in eusocial Hymenoptera: evidence from the common wasp Vespula vulgaris.

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Reply: A correspondence from a maturing discipline.

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Comparison of life history and genetic properties of cowpea bruchid strains and their response to hypoxia.

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Signatures of selection in the Iberian honey bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis) revealed by a genome scan analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms.

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Genome and Genetic Engineering of the House Cricket (Acheta domesticus): Applications for Sustainable Agriculture

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Flow cytometric analysis of DNA content for tropical and temperate New World pines

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The Innate Immune Response of Eusocial Hymenopterans to Viral Pathogen Challenge

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Genomic consequences of interspecific Pinus spp. hybridization

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Anthocyanin inhibits propidium iodide DNA fluorescence in Euphorbia pulcherrima: implications for genome size variation and flow cytometry.

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Thrice out of Africa: ancient and recent expansions of the honey bee, Apis mellifera.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Genome sizes of forensically relevant Diptera.

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Genetic integrity of the Dark European honey bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) from protected populations: a genome-wide assessment using SNPs and mtDNA sequence data

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Intrapopulation genome size variation in D. melanogaster reflects life history variation and plasticity.

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DNA content for Asian pines parallels New World relatives

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Author Correction: Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus.

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Environmentally induced nuclear 2C DNA content instability in Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae)

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Genome evolution in the genus Sorghum (Poaceae).

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Reduced SNP panels for genetic identification and introgression analysis in the dark honey bee (Apis mellifera mellifera).

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Stability of nuclear DNA content among divergent and isolated populations of Fraser fir

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The genome of pest Rhynchophorus ferrugineus reveals gene families important at the plant-beetle interface.

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New genome size estimates of 134 species of arthropods.

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Tiny genomes and endoreduplication in Strepsiptera.

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Distribution of Caenocholax fenyesi (Strepsiptera : Myrmecolacidae) and the habitats most likely to contain its stylopized host, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera : Formicidae)

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Detection of loci under selection in Apis mellifera iberiensis as compared with two frequentist methods

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GENOME SIZE AND ENVIRONMENTAL-FACTORS IN THE GENUS PINUS

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Environmentally correlated variation in 2C nuclear DNA content measurements in Helianthus annuus L.

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Increasing precision in development-based postmortem interval estimates: what's sex got to do with it?

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Genome size diversity in the family Drosophilidae.

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Feral honey bees in pine forest landscapes of east Texas

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Genome Size in North American Fireflies: Substantial Variation Likely Driven by Neutral Processes.

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Strepsiptera, phylogenomics and the long branch attraction problem.

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PHYLOGENETIC PLACEMENT, GENOME SIZE, AND GC CONTENT OF THE LIQUID-HYDROCARBON-PRODUCING GREEN MICROALGA BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII STRAIN BERKELEY (SHOWA) (CHLOROPHYTA)

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First-generation linkage map of the warningly colored butterfly Heliconius erato.

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Spodoptera littoralis genome mining brings insights on the dynamic of expansion of gustatory receptors in polyphagous noctuidae

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Evidence for DNA loss as a determinant of genome size.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Assessing the odd secondary structural properties of nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences (18S) of the twisted-wing parasites (Insecta: Strepsiptera).

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NUCLEAR 2C DNA CONTENT OF GOSSYPIUM-HIRSUTUM L ACCESSIONS DETERMINED BY FLOW-CYTOMETRY

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Characteristics of the nuclear (18S, 5.8S, 28S and 5S) and mitochondrial (12S and 16S) rRNA genes of Apis mellifera (Insecta: Hymenoptera): structure, organization, and retrotransposable elements.

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Natural selection and ribosomal DNA in Drosophila.

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Social evolution. Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Comparative cytogenetics and derived phylogenic relationship among Sitophilus grain weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Dryophthorinae).

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Genetics of organophosphate resistance in field populations of the house fly (Diptera: Muscidae).

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A FREE RIDE AND LUNCH: STYLOPIZATION IN THE SOLITARY HUNTING WASP, AMMOPHILA FERNALDI MURRAY AND A. PICTIPENNIS (WALSH) (HYMENOPTERA: SPHECIDAE) BY PARAXENOS LUGUBRIS PIERCE (STREPSIPTERA)

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The molecular through ecological genetics of abnormal abdomen. IV. Components of genetic variation in a natural population of Drosophila mercatorum.

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A genetic linkage map of the mimetic butterfly Heliconius melpomene.

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Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera.

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Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus.

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Compact genome of the Antarctic midge is likely an adaptation to an extreme environment.

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Behavioral components of dispersal in Drosophila mimica.

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Sequencing of a new target genome: the Pediculus humanus humanus (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) genome project.

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A chromosome-level assembly of the cat flea genome uncovers rampant gene duplication and genome size plasticity.

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Influence of light on DNA content of Helianthus annuus Linnaeus.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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High-quality, chromosome-scale genome assemblies: comparisons of three Diaphorina citri (Asian citrus psyllid) geographic populations.

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Special Issue: Genetic Basis of Phenotypic Variation in Drosophila and Other Insects.

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TELOMERASE ACTIVATOR1 induces telomerase activity and potentiates responses to auxin in Arabidopsis.

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Comparisons with Caenorhabditis (approximately 100 Mb) and Drosophila (approximately 175 Mb) using flow cytometry show genome size in Arabidopsis to be approximately 157 Mb and thus approximately 25% larger than the Arabidopsis genome initiative estimate of approximately 125 Mb.

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Aneuploidy, structural chromosome changes, and DNA amounts in the annual taxa of the Haplopappus spinulosus complex.

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Thoracic underreplication in Drosophila species estimates a minimum genome size and the dynamics of added DNA.

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Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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The discovery after 94 years of the elusive female of a myrmecolacid (Strepsiptera), and the cryptic species of Caenocholax fenyesi Pierce sensu lato.

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Comparison of long-read sequencing technologies in interrogating bacteria and fly genomes.

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ELECTROINSERTION OF PROTEINS INTO RED-BLOOD-CELLS MEMBRANE - A NOVEL METHOD OF DRUG TARGETING

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A gene involved in postmating flight muscle degeneration in red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) queens

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Genome Size Evolution within and between the Sexes.

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Temporal and spatial heterogeneity of mtDNA polymorphisms in natural populations of Drosophila mercatorum.

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The Spruce Budworm Genome: Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of Antifreeze Proteins.

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Genome size of pecan as determined by flow cytometry

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American Society For Horticultural Science

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Genome size and phylogenetic analysis of the A and L races of Botryococcus braunii

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Differential Gene Expression of Innate Immune Response Genes Consequent to Solenopsis invicta Virus-3 Infection.

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Natural variation in genome architecture among 205 Drosophila melanogaster Genetic Reference Panel lines.

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SNPs selected by information content outperform randomly selected microsatellite loci for delineating genetic identification and introgression in the endangered dark European honeybee (Apis mellifera mellifera).

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The Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Novelties in a Leafhopper.

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Measuring Genome Sizes Using Read-Depth, k-mers, and Flow Cytometry: Methodological Comparisons in Beetles (Coleoptera).

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Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome.

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High nucleotide divergence in a dimorphic parasite with disparate hosts

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The canine hookworm genome: analysis and classification of Ancylostoma caninum survey sequences.

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The molecular through ecological genetics of abnormal abdomen in Drosophila mercatorum. V. Female phenotypic expression on natural genetic backgrounds and in natural environments.

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Genome and Genetic Engineering of the House Cricket (Acheta domesticus): A Resource for Sustainable Agriculture.

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Revisiting the Iberian honey bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis) contact zone: maternal and genome-wide nuclear variations provide support for secondary contact from historical refugia.

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Texas A&M University; Entomology; 2475 TAMU

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Pinto, Maria Alice (2004-09). Temporal genetic structure of feral honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a coastal prairie habitat of southern Texas: impact of Africanization. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Hjelmen, Carl Ernest (2017-07). Phylogenetic Analyses of Genome Size Evolution in Drosophilidae. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Aquino Perez, Gildardo (2009-05). Generation of an integrated karyotype of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) by banding pattern and fluorescent in situ hybridization. Doctoral Dissertation.