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Evaluation of genome skimming to detect and characterise human and livestock helminths Universiteit Gent
Genome skimming reveals novel plastid markers for the molecular identification of illegally logged African timber species Plantentuin Meise / Agentschap Plantentuin Meise KU Leuven
Tropical forests represent vast carbon stocks and continue to be key carbon sinks and buffer climate changes. The international policy constructed several mechanisms aiming at conservation and sustainable use of these forests. Illegal logging is an important threat of forests, especially in the tropics. Several laws and regulations have been set up to combat illegal timber trade. Despite significant enforcement efforts of these regulations, ...
De formele motivering van beslissingen van collegiale organen genomen bij geheime stemming (noot onder GwH 18 mei 2011, nr. 85/2011) Universiteit Antwerpen
Plastid phylogenomics of the Sansevieria Clade of Dracaena (Asparagaceae) resolves a recent radiation Universiteit Gent Plantentuin Meise / Agentschap Plantentuin Meise
Best known as low maintenance houseplants, sansevierias are a diverse group of flowering plants native to Africa, Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian subcontinent. Traditionally recognised as a distinct genus, Sansevieria was recently merged with the larger genus Dracaena based on molecular phylogenetic data. Within the Sansevieria Clade of Dracaena, taxonomic uncertainties remain despite attempts to unravel the relationships ...
Developing the Protocol Infrastructure for DNA Sequencing Natural History Collections KU Leuven Plantentuin Meise / Agentschap Plantentuin Meise
Intentionally preserved biological material in natural history collections represents a vast repository of biodiversity. Advances in laboratory and sequencing technologies have made these specimens increasingly accessible for genomic analyses, offering a window into the genetic past of species and often permitting access to information that can no longer be sampled in the wild. Due to their age, preparation and storage conditions, DNA retrieved ...
Systematics of Afrotropical Eristalinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) using mitochondrial phylogenomics Plantentuin Meise / Agentschap Plantentuin Meise KU Leuven
We examined the phylogeny and intrageneric classification of eristaline hoverfly genera from the Afrotropical Region using mitochondrial genomes. Genome skimming was used to obtain (nearly) full mtDNA and nuclear rDNA (18S, 28S) genomes of 120 museum vouchers from eight genera and 98 species. Phylogenetic reconstructions of mitogenomes and mitogenomes + nuclear rDNA yielded comparable phylogenies while that of rDNA only resulted in poorly ...
Refugia and ecosystem tolerance in the Southern Ocean Plantentuin Meise / Agentschap Plantentuin Meise
Confronted with fast-paced environmental changes, biota in Antarctic ecosystems are strongly challenged and face three possible outcomes: adaptation, migration or extinction. Past glaciation periods have already forced marine zoobenthos of the Southern Ocean (SO) into refugia, followed by recolonization when the ice retreated. The collaborative Belgian BRAIN project RECTO, “Refugia and ecosystem tolerance in the Southern Ocean”, will strive at ...
Diversification of the orchid genus Tridactyle: Origin of endemism on the oceanic islands of Sao Tome Principe in the Gulf of Guinea Plantentuin Meise / Agentschap Plantentuin Meise KU Leuven
Aim Oceanic islands have played an important role in our understanding of the diversification of organisms, and phylogenetic estimates have been used in this context to investigate the origin of island diversity and its relationship to the continent. Using a typical orchid genus rich in island endemics and with widespread continental relatives, we aim to compare alternative hypotheses of diversification with a focus on island endemism. Location ...
Plastid phylogenomics of the Sansevieria Clade of Dracaena (Asparagaceae) resolves a recent radiation Plantentuin Meise / Agentschap Plantentuin Meise
Best known as low maintenance houseplants, sansevierias are a diverse group of flowering plants native to Africa, Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian subcontinent. Traditionally recognised as a distinct genus, Sansevieria was recently merged with the larger genus Dracaena based on molecular phylogenetic data. Within the Sansevieria Clade of Dracaena, taxonomic uncertainties remain despite attempts to unravel the relationships ...