The inclusion of downy mildews in a multi-locus-dataset and its reanalysis reveals a high degree of paraphyly in Phytophthora by F. Runge, S. Telle, S. Ploch, E. Savory, B. Day, R. Sharma, M. Thines

“…The downy mildew representatives are consistently nested within clade 4 (contains Phytophthora palmivora), which is placed sister to clade 1 (contains Phytophthora infestans). …”
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Telomere length as a quantitative trait: genome-wide survey and genetic mapping of telomere length-control genes in yeast. by Tonibelle Gatbonton, Maria Imbesi, Melisa Nelson, Joshua M Akey, Douglas M Ruderfer, Leonid Kruglyak, Julian A Simon, Antonio Bedalov

“…We also found 39 genes that have an important role in telomere maintenance or cell proliferation in the absence of telomerase, including genes that participate in deoxyribonucleotide biosynthesis, sister chromatid cohesion, and vacuolar protein sorting. …”
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A revision of Salispina, its placement in a new family, Salispinaceae (Rhipidiales), and description of a fourth species, S. hoi sp. nov by Reuel M. Bennett, Mark Kevin Devanadera, Gina R. Dedeles, Marco Thines

“…Phylogenetic analysis revealed it to be the sister lineage of S. lobata. Consequently, the new species name S. hoi is introduced for the isolate. …”
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Des liaisons dangereuses ? Réseaux hérités, supposés et déguisés d’une nonne vénitienne au XVIIe siècle by Francesca Medioli

“…This article suggests a new reading of the intellectual biography of sister Arcangela Tarabotti (1604-1652) who spent her life from the age of thirteen in the Venitian convent of Sant’Anna. …”
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Steppe Eagle Population Structure Genetic Study: is There Hope for the Endangered Species? by Ludmila S. Zinevich, Dmitry M. Schepetov, Valentina G. Tambovceva, Rinur H. Bekmansurov, Genriyetta I. Pulikova, Elvira G. Nikolenko, Igor V. Karyakin

“…To the contrary, the sister Aquila species, the Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) which exhibits similar biological traits and lives simpatrically to the Steppe Eagle at some parts of areas, shows local increase in numbers and even substitutes the decreasing Steppe Eagle in steppe biomes. …”
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RUSSIA’S INTERESTS AND ROLE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS: THE DYNASTIC UNION WITH THE HOUSE OF ORANGE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY UNDER ALEXANDER I... by Y. V. Bavykin

“…An essential instrument of Emperor Alexander’s foreign policy which strengthened the ties between the two countries was the dynastic marriage in February of 1816 of his younger sister Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna with Dutch Hereditary Prince of Orange William who became in 1840 the King of the Netherlands William II.…”
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Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the complete chloroplast genome of Carpesium longifolium F. H. Chen & C. M. Hu (Asteraceae, Inuleae) by Hui Chen, Tingyu Li, Xinyu Chen, Tianmeng Qu, Xinyi Zheng, Yueguang Wang, Liang Pang, Xianhua Gu, Zhixi Fu

“…Phylogenetic analysis revealed the systematic position of C. longifolium is sister to C. cernuum and C. faberi. For the identification and phylogenetics study of the genus, the chloroplast genome sequence of C. longifolium provides a useful genetic resource.…”
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Gaps Manifesting in African Social Work: Eclectic Contexts in Africa by Simon Murote Kang’ethe

“…The study has the following findings: poor professional conceptualisation, inadequate social workers in African countries, social work’s visibility deficits compared to its sister disciplines, absence of social workers in institutions of learning, poor policy and leadership involvement, social work gap in dealing with indigents, and social work suffers from gender stereotyping. …”
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Familial Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome in Pregnancy with Spinal Epidural Involvement by Daigo Ochiai, Kei Miyakoshi, Kazumi Yakubo, Tatsuro Fukuiya, Yasunori Yoshimura

“…The patient’s mother and sister also exhibited multiple VMs similar lesions, indicating a familial form of BRBNS. …”
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The dilemma of X-linked agammaglobulinemia carriers by Federica Pulvirenti, MD, PhD, Cinzia Milito, MD, PhD, Francesco Cinetto, MD, PhD, Giulia Garzi, MD, Germano Sardella, MD, Giuseppe Spadaro, MD, Francesca Lippi, MD, Valentina Guarnieri, MD, Bianca Laura Cinicola, MD, Maria Carrabba, MD, PhD, Daniele Guadagnolo, MD, Giovanna Fabio, MD, Baldassarre Martire, MD, Caterina Cancrini, MD, PhD, Giulia Lanzoni, MD, Andrea Finocchi, MD, PhD, Gigliola Di Matteo, MD, PhD, Eva Pompilii, MD, Simona Ferrari, BD, PhD, Isabella Quinti, MD, PhD

“…Results: Data on 53 adults with XLA, 52 mothers, and 33 sisters were collected. All XLA sisters received genetic counseling. …”
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A new species of parrot snake, Leptophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Brazilian Cerrado by Nelson R. Albuquerque, Roullien H. Martins, Priscila S. Carvalho, Donald B. Shepard, Diego J. Santana

“…Phylogenetic analysis of 16S mtDNA sequences indicate the new species is the sister taxon of L. dibernardoi, a species occurring in the neighboring Caatinga ecoregion.…”
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Transient Complete Unilateral Oculomotor Nerve Palsy following Clipping of Ruptured Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm: An Abstruse Phenomenon by Joe M. Das, Rashmi Sapkota, Manish Mishra

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Whole Exome Sequencing and Molecular Modeling of a Missense Variant in TNFAIP3 That Segregates with Disease in a Family with Chronic Urticaria and Angioedema by Antoneicka L. Harris, Patrick R. Blackburn, John E. Richter, Jennifer M. Gass, Thomas R. Caulfield, Ahmed N. Mohammad, Paldeep S. Atwal

“…Interestingly, both the individual’s 41-year-old sister and 12-year-old daughter were also affected with chronic urticaria and severe angioedema. …”
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The unconventional Xer recombination machinery of Streptococci/Lactococci. by Pascal Le Bourgeois, Marie Bugarel, Nathalie Campo, Marie-Line Daveran-Mingot, Jessica Labonté, Daniel Lanfranchi, Thomas Lautier, Carine Pagès, Paul Ritzenthaler

“…Homologous recombination between circular sister chromosomes during DNA replication in bacteria can generate chromosome dimers that must be resolved into monomers prior to cell division. …”
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Evaluation of Possible Genotoxic Activity of Dirithromycin in Cultured Human Lymphocytes by Ahmet Kayraldız, Lale Dönbak, Ayşe Yavuz Kocaman, Esra Köker, Şule Gökçe

“…In the present study, the possible genotoxicity of dirithromycin was evaluated in cultured human lymphocytes by using sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs), chromosome aberration (CA), and micronucleus (MN) tests and also cell proliferation kinetics such as mitotic index (MI), replication index (RI), and nuclear division index (NDI) were analyzed for cytotoxicity. …”
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Antigenotoxic Effect of Curcumin and Carvacrol against Parathion Induced DNA Damage in Cultured Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes and Its Relation to GSTM1 and GSTT1 Polymorphism by Neeraj Kumar, Anita Yadav, Sachin Gulati, Kanupriya, Neeraj Aggarwal, Ranjan Gupta

“…We studied antigenotoxic potential of curcumin and carvacrol against the parathion induced DNA damage in cultured peripheral blood lymphocytes using sister chromatid exchanges as a biomarker of genotoxicity. …”
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New banded Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Madeira River basin, Brazil, and redescription of L. bleheri, based on integrative taxonomy by Mariana Pascoal Boaretto, Willian Massaharu Ohara, Lenice Souza-Shibatta, José Luís Olivan Birindelli

“…The multi-loci analysis corroborated the sister-group relationships between both species, including them within the Leporinus fasciatus group, which was recovered as non monophyletic.…”
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A place holder: the social sciences of monkeys and apes by Véronique Servais

“…This only serves to widen the gulf between two sister-disciplines, increases the polarization of the nature/culture duality and makes it even more difficult to connect the two. …”
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Another new karst-dwelling rock gecko in the Cnemaspis siamensis group (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand by Attapol Rujirawan, Akrachai Aksornneam, Siriporn Yodthong, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Bryan L. Stuart, Anchalee Aowphol

“…Phylogenetically, the new species is recovered as the sister taxon to C. huaseesom, but the two species are separated by 8.3–9.4% uncorrected pairwise genetic divergences in the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 gene and flanking tRNAs.…”
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First mitochondrial genome of Lutjanus ehrenbergii_ Peters 1869 (Lutjaniformes: Lutjanidae: Lutjanus) and phylogenetic analysis by Zengliang Miao, Shiyi Chen, Tingting Wang, Xun Jin, Shufei Zhang, Sixu Zheng, Yunpeng Wang, Taobo Feng, Luxiu Gao, Jian Chen

“…Phylogenetic analysis based on the 13PCGs sequences showed that L. ehrenbergii was closely related to the sister species of Lutjanus russellii and Lutjanus carponotatus. …”
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