Single nucleotide polymorphisms unravel hierarchical divergence and signatures of selection among Alaskan sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) populations

Abstract Background Disentangling the roles of geography and ecology driving population divergence and distinguishing adaptive from neutral evolution at the molecular level have been common goals among evolutionary and conservation biologists.Using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) multilocus genotypes for 31 sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

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Inhibiting Type VI Secretion System Activity with a Biomimetic Peptide Designed To Target the Baseplate Wedge Complex

ABSTRACT Human health is threatened by bacterial infections that are increasingly resistant to multiple drugs.A recently emerged strategy consists of disarming pathogenic bacteria by targeting and blocking their virulence factors.The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a widespread secretion nanomachine encoded and employed by pathogenic strains to

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The mitochondrial genomes of the acoelomorph worms Paratomella rubra, Isodiametra pulchra and Archaphanostoma ylvae

Abstract Acoels are small, ubiquitous - but understudied - marine worms with a very simple body shades 4nch plan.Their internal phylogeny is still not fully resolved, and the position of their proposed phylum Xenacoelomorpha remains debated.Here we describe mitochondrial genome sequences from the acoels Paratomella rubra and Isodiametra pulchra, an

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