Reconstruction of target genomes from sequence data produced by instruments that are
agnostic as to the species-of-origin may be confounded by contaminant DNA. Whether …

In cases of severe wildlife population decline, a key question is whether recovery efforts will
be impeded by genetic factors, such as inbreeding depression. Decades of excess mortality …

The evolution of cetaceans, from their early transition to an aquatic lifestyle to their
subsequent diversification, has been the subject of numerous studies. However, although …

The sperm whale lives in most deep ice-free waters of the globe. It was targeted during two
periods of whaling peaking in the 1840's and 1960's. Using a habitat suitability model, we …

The transition from land to water in whales and dolphins (cetaceans) was accompanied by
remarkable adaptations. To reveal genomic changes that occurred during this transition, we …

Cetaceans are a clade of highly specialized aquatic mammals that include the largest
animals that have ever lived. The largest whales can have∼ 1,000× more cells than a …

Factor XI (FXI) is the zymogen of a plasma protease (FXIa) that contributes to hemostasis by
activating factor IX (FIX). In the original cascade model of coagulation, FXI is converted to …

Phylogeographic inference has provided extensive insight into the relative roles of
geographical isolation and ecological processes during evolutionary radiations. However …

Keratins are the main intermediate filament proteins of epithelial cells. In keratinocytes of the
mammalian epidermis they form a cytoskeleton that resists mechanical stress and thereby …

Phlebotomine sand flies are of global significance as important vectors of human disease,
transmitting bacterial, viral, and protozoan pathogens, including the kinetoplastid parasites …