…newly analyzed for this study) representing about 60 species. Their data set encompasses most of the important human and animal filarioid parasites, including Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi, agents of…
…in Denmark, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Russia, and New Zealand report on non-destructive recovery of diagnostic DNA from ancient insect specimens. As an aside, PLoS ONE is an important…
…isolating mechanisms in speciation” (ie DNA barcoding highlights an interesting group for further study). Like explorers mapping new territory, Schmidt and Sperling’s study creates a map that can be used…
…six orders (this included 20 COI and 60 cytochrome b sequences; 12 of the latter were newly obtained in this study). As there are about 2500 named dinoflagellate species, this…
DNA barcoding is an exciting new approach to taxonomy that will have profound value for studies of environment and evolution. PHE Guest Investigator Mark Stoeckle took the lead in preparing…
The media have much coverage of the new paper Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time and its marvelous visualization of a billion years of movement of the Earth’s continents…
A lively new ocean news site, Terramar’s Daily Catch, reports on a recent paper about biomass and diversity from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge team of the Census of Marine Life….
…webpages with content, remarkable progress since the first release in February 2008. Congratulations to the far-flung EOL team! A sample of news coverage comes from the Guardian in the UK…
…110 participants and for great preparation by Alan Curry, Doris Manville, Karl Vilacoba, and Danica Simmons. News reports of the recent discoveries: Remotely operated vehicles expand reach for ocean researchers…