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View article: Undescribed and imperiled vertebrate biodiversity near an American urban center
Undescribed and imperiled vertebrate biodiversity near an American urban center Open
Urban expansion threatens biodiversity hotspots and endemic species. In this study, we describe two imperiled new species of fishes belonging to the vermilion darter ( Etheostoma chermocki ) complex. These new species are restricted to ind…
View article: The complete mitochondrial genome of the Tennessee Dace (<i>Chrosomus tennesseensis</i>)
The complete mitochondrial genome of the Tennessee Dace (<i>Chrosomus tennesseensis</i>) Open
The Tennessee Dace, Chrosomus tennesseensis (Starnes and Jenkins 1988), is a small minnow (Cypriniformes: Leuciscidae) found in the upper Tennessee River watershed and Graves Creek, in the Mobile River watershed. Chrosomus tennes…
View article: ACTIVATION OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS AS A MOLECULAR CAUSE OF AGING
ACTIVATION OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS AS A MOLECULAR CAUSE OF AGING Open
Transposable Elements (TEs) are mobile genetic elements, highly enriched in heterochromatin, that constitute a large percentage of the DNA content of eukaryotic genomes. Aging in Drosophila melanogaster is characterized by loss of repressi…