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A high-throughput protocol for isolating cell-free circulating tumor DNA from peripheral blood

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Applications and implications of neutral versus non-neutral markers in molecular ecology

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Assembling the 20 Gb white spruce (Picea glauca) genome from whole-genome shotgun sequencing data

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Automated high throughput nucleic acid purification from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples for next generation sequence analysis.

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Botanicals as epigenetic modulators for mechanisms contributing to development of metabolic syndrome

scientific article published on July 2008

Can plant resistance to specialist herbivores be explained by plant chemistry or resource use strategy?

scientific article published on November 5, 2011

Comparing metabolomes: the chemical consequences of hybridization in plants

scientific article published in August 2005

Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of a Black Spruce (Picea mariana) from Eastern Canada

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of a White Spruce (Picea glauca, Genotype WS77111) from Eastern Canada

scientific article published on 06 June 2019

Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of an Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii, Genotype Se404-851) from Western Canada

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

Complete mitochondrial genome of a gymnosperm, Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), indicates a complex physical structure

scientific article published on 25 May 2020

De Novo Sequencing, Assembly, and Annotation of Four Threespine Stickleback Genomes Based on Microfluidic Partitioned DNA Libraries

scientific article published on 03 June 2019

Evaluation of protocols for rRNA depletion-based RNA sequencing of nanogram inputs of mammalian total RNA

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Genetic diversity and differentiation of fragmented reedbeds (Phragmites australis) in the United Kingdom

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Herbivory and floral signaling: phenotypic plasticity and tradeoffs between reproduction and indirect defense

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

Increasing quality, throughput and speed of sample preparation for strand-specific messenger RNA sequencing

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Intercontinental dispersal of Typha angustifolia and T. latifolia between Europe and North America has implications for Typha invasions

It's okay to be green: Draft genome of the North American bullfrog (Rana [Lithobates] catesbeiana)

Long-distance dispersal and high genetic diversity are implicated in the invasive spread of the common reed, Phragmites australis (Poaceae), in northeastern North America

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Maternal effects and heterosis influence the fitness of plant hybrids

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

Molecular genetic data reveal hybridization between Typha angustifolia and Typha latifolia across a broad spatial scale in eastern North America

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Molecular genetics and genomics generate new insights into invertebrate pest invasions

scientific article published on 24 April 2013

Natural hybridization between Senecio jacobaea and Senecio aquaticus: molecular and chemical evidence

scientific article published in August 2004

No evidence for niche segregation in a North American Cattail (Typha) species complex

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Pyrrolizidine alkaloid variation in shoots and roots of segregating hybrids between Jacobaea vulgaris and Jacobaea aquatica

scientific article published on 5 August 2011

Regional differences in the abundance of native, introduced, and hybrid Typha spp. in northeastern North America influence wetland invasions

scientific article published on 07 May 2013

Reproductive fitness of hybrids betweenSenecio jacobaeaandS. aquaticus(Asteraceae)

scientific article published on September 1, 2005

Sources of erroneous sequences and artifact chimeric reads in next generation sequencing of genomic DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples.

scientific article published in January 2019

Species by environment interactions affect pyrrolizidine alkaloid expression in Senecio jacobaea, Senecio aquaticus, and their hybrids

scientific article published on 23 March 2010

The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas).

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

The Genome of the North American Brown Bear or Grizzly: Ursus arctos ssp. horribilis

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The Genome of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni).

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

The Genome of the Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

scientific article published on 26 June 2019

The North American bullfrog draft genome provides insight into hormonal regulation of long noncoding RNA.

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The genome sequence of the Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta Linnaeus 1758

scientific article published in 2023

The relationship between structurally different pyrrolizidine alkaloids and western flower thrips resistance in F(2) hybrids of Jacobaea vulgaris and Jacobaea aquatica

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Transgressive segregation of primary and secondary metabolites in F(2) hybrids between Jacobaea aquatica and J. vulgaris

scientific article published on 27 March 2011

Whole-slide laser microdissection for tumour enrichment

scientific article published on 02 November 2020

Worldwide population genetic structure of the oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta), a globally invasive pest

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