Xianzhao Kan

TL;DR: The phylogenetic analyses showed that all 8 genes of this virus were clustered in the Taiwan lineage, and the closest relative of A/Taiwan/2/2013(H6N1) is A/chicken/ Taiwan/A2837/2013, suggesting the latter might be the precursor of the novel virus.

TL;DR: The resulting transcriptome phylogeny provides robust support for the deep relationships, showing the phylogenetic utility of transcriptome data for plants over a time scale at least since the mid-Cretaceous, and the pros and cons of transcriptomic data for phylogenetic inference in plants.

TL;DR: The gram-positive spore-forming bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains produced novel cellulases which could liberate glucose from soluble cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), and insoluble crystalline cellulose.

TL;DR: The complete mitochondrial genome of the Rock pigeon is mapped, demonstrating a structure very similar to that of other birds, and basic information for phylogenetic analyses of birds, especially Columbiformes species is provided.

TL;DR: This work made phylogenetic analyses of 22 species of Galliformes, with two species of Anseriformes as outgroups, using maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference methods based on the nucleotide dataset and the corresponding amino acid dataset of 13 concatenated protein-coding genes, and found that Arborophilinae is basal to the balance of the Phasianidae.