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  1. Content type: Research article

    Inflorescence dichotomy in Musa species is a rare developmental event which leads to the production of multiple bunches on a single pseudostem at fruiting. In spite of its fascinating attraction and seductive app...

    Authors: Ebiamadon Andi Brisibe and Norah Godwin Ekanem

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:713

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  2. Content type: Research Article

    Lake Baikal is one of the oldest freshwater lakes and has constituted a stable environment for millions of years, in stark contrast to small, transient bodies of water in its immediate vicinity. A highly diver...

    Authors: Polina Drozdova, Lorena Rivarola-Duarte, Daria Bedulina, Denis Axenov-Gribanov, Stephan Schreiber, Anton Gurkov, Zhanna Shatilina, Kseniya Vereshchagina, Yulia Lubyaga, Ekaterina Madyarova, Christian Otto, Frank Jühling, Wibke Busch, Lena Jakob, Magnus Lucassen, Franz Josef Sartoris…

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:712

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  3. Content type: Research article

    The black-lip rock oyster (Saccostrea echinata) has considerable potential for aquaculture throughout the tropics. Previous attempts to farm S. echinata failed due to an insufficient supply of wild spat; however,...

    Authors: Samantha J. Nowland, Catarina N. S. Silva, Paul C. Southgate and Jan M. Strugnell

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:711

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  4. Content type: Research Article

    Chlamydia are ancient intracellular pathogens with reduced, though strikingly conserved genome. Despite their parasitic lifestyle and isolated intracellular environment, these bacteria managed to avoid accumulati...

    Authors: Olga M. Sigalova, Andrei V. Chaplin, Olga O. Bochkareva, Pavel V. Shelyakin, Vsevolod A. Filaretov, Evgeny E. Akkuratov, Valentina Burskaia and Mikhail S. Gelfand

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:710

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  6. Content type: Research article

    Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon L.) is an important turfgrass species with two types of stems, shoots and stolons. Despite their importance in determining the morphological variance and plasticity of bermudagrass,...

    Authors: Bing Zhang, Jibiao Fan and Jianxiu Liu

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:708

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  7. Content type: Research article

    Eggshell breaking strength is critical to reduce egg breaking rate and avoid economic loss. The process of eggshell calcification initiates with the egg entering the uterus and lasts about 18 h. It follows a t...

    Authors: Jiacai Zhang, Yanan Wang, Cong Zhang, Mingxin Xiong, Shahid Ali Rajput, Yun Liu and Desheng Qi

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:707

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  9. Content type: Research article

    Infection with Toxoplasma gondii is thought to damage the brain and be a risk factor for neurological and psychotic disorders. The immune response-participating chemokine system has recently been considered vital...

    Authors: Kaoru Kobayashi, Kousuke Umeda, Fumiaki Ihara, Sachi Tanaka, Junya Yamagishi, Yutaka Suzuki and Yoshifumi Nishikawa

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:705

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  10. Content type: Research article

    Successful social behavior requires real-time integration of information about the environment, internal physiology, and past experience. The molecular substrates of this integration are poorly understood, but...

    Authors: Austin T. Hilliard, Dan Xie, Zhihai Ma, Michael P. Snyder and Russell D. Fernald

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:699

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  11. Content type: Research article

    It is well-known that methylation changes occur as humans age, however, understanding how age-related changes in DNA methylation vary by sex is lacking. In this study, we characterize the effect of age on DNA ...

    Authors: Rick J. Jansen, Lin Tong, Maria Argos, Farzana Jasmine, Muhammad Rakibuz-Zaman, Golam Sarwar, Md. Tariqul Islam, Hasan Shahriar, Tariqul Islam, Mahfuzar Rahman, Md. Yunus, Muhammad G. Kibriya, John A. Baron, Habibul Ahsan and Brandon L. Pierce

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:704

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  12. Content type: Research article

    ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ is endemic in Europe and infects a wide range of weeds and cultivated plants. Phytoplasmas are prokaryotic plant pathogens that colonize the sieve elements of their host plant, cau...

    Authors: Sara Buoso, Laura Pagliari, Rita Musetti, Marta Martini, Fabio Marroni, Wolfgang Schmidt and Simonetta Santi

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:703

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  13. Content type: Research article

    The reproductive plasticity of termite workers provides colonies with tremendous flexibility to respond to environmental changes, which is the basis for evolutionary and ecological success. Although it is know...

    Authors: Chenxu Ye, Humaira Rasheed, Yuehua Ran, Xiaojuan Yang, Lianxi Xing and Xiaohong Su

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:702

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  14. Content type: Research article

    The ability to accurately and comprehensively identify genomic variations is critical for plant studies utilizing high-throughput sequencing. Most bioinformatics tools for processing next-generation sequencing...

    Authors: Xing Wu, Christopher Heffelfinger, Hongyu Zhao and Stephen L. Dellaporta

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:701

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  15. Content type: Research article

    Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri pathotypes cause bacterial citrus canker, being responsible for severe agricultural losses worldwide. The A pathotype has a broad host spectrum, while A* and Aw are more restricted ...

    Authors: José S. L. Patané, Joaquim Martins Jr, Luiz Thiberio Rangel, José Belasque, Luciano A. Digiampietri, Agda Paula Facincani, Rafael Marini Ferreira, Fabrício José Jaciani, Yunzeng Zhang, Alessandro M. Varani, Nalvo F. Almeida, Nian Wang, Jesus A. Ferro, Leandro M. Moreira and João C. Setubal

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:700

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  16. Content type: Correction

    Following the publication of this article [1], the authors reported that the original shading in columns 3 and 4 of Table 3, which indicated the presence or absence of viruses in each library, had been removed...

    Authors: Eugeni Belda, Ferdinand Nanfack-Minkeu, Karin Eiglmeier, Guillaume Carissimo, Inge Holm, Mawlouth Diallo, Diawo Diallo, Amélie Vantaux, Saorin Kim, Igor V. Sharakhov and Kenneth D. Vernick

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:698

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    The original article was published in BMC Genomics 2019 20:664

  17. Content type: Correction

    Following the publication of the original article [1], the authors noted several typesetting errors which are noted in this Correction article.

    Authors: Matt Hunt, Sagnik Banerjee, Priyanka Surana, Meiling Liu, Greg Fuerst, Sandra Mathioni, Blake C. Meyers, Dan Nettleton and Roger P. Wise

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:697

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    The original article was published in BMC Genomics 2019 20:610

  18. Content type: Research article

    Biosynthetic gene clusters produce a wide range of metabolites with activities that are of interest to the pharmaceutical industry. Specific interest is shown towards those metabolites that exhibit antimicrobi...

    Authors: Ghofran Othoum, Salim Bougouffa, Ameerah Bokhari, Feras F. Lafi, Takashi Gojobori, Heribert Hirt, Ivan Mijakovic, Vladimir B. Bajic and Magbubah Essack

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:696

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  20. Content type: Database

    Recently developed genome resources in Salmonid fish provides tools for studying the genomics underlying a wide range of properties including life history trait variation in the wild, economically important tr...

    Authors: Teshome Dagne Mulugeta, Torfinn Nome, Thu-Hien To, Manu Kumar Gundappa, Daniel J. Macqueen, Dag Inge Våge, Simen Rød Sandve and Torgeir R. Hvidsten

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:694

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  21. Content type: Research article

    Seasonal timing of breeding is a life history trait with major fitness consequences but the genetic basis of the physiological mechanism underlying it, and how gene expression is affected by date and temperatu...

    Authors: Veronika N. Laine, Irene Verhagen, A. Christa Mateman, Agata Pijl, Tony D. Williams, Phillip Gienapp, Kees van Oers and Marcel E. Visser

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:693

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  22. Content type: Research article

    Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus anthracis. The most anthrax-endemic regions of Russia are Siberia and North Caucasus. Previously, genotyping of Russian B.anthracis iso...

    Authors: Sergey V. Pisarenko, Eugene I. Eremenko, Alla G. Ryazanova, Dmitry A. Kovalev, Nina P. Buravtseva, Lyudmila Yu. Aksenova, Zorigma F. Dugarzhapova, Anna Yu. Evchenko, Elena V. Kravets, Olga V. Semenova, Olga V. Bobrisheva, Irina V. Kuznetsova, Tatyana M. Golovinskaya, Anna S. Volynkina, Sergei V. Balakhonov and Alexander N. Kulichenko

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:692

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  23. Content type: Research article

    Mitochondria perform many key roles in their eukaryotic hosts, from integrating signaling pathways through to modulating whole organism phenotypes. The > 1 billion years of nuclear and mitochondrial gene co-ev...

    Authors: Jim A. Mossman, Leann M. Biancani and David M. Rand

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:691

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  24. Content type: Research article

    Olfaction and gustation underlie behaviors that are crucial for insect fitness, such as host and mate selection. The detection of semiochemicals is mediated via proteins from large and rapidly evolving chemose...

    Authors: Martin N. Andersson, Christopher I. Keeling and Robert F. Mitchell

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:690

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  25. Content type: Research article

    Archived formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) samples are valuable clinical resources to examine clinically relevant morphology features and also to study genetic changes. However, DNA quality and quantity ...

    Authors: Aditya Vijay Bhagwate, Yuanhang Liu, Stacey J. Winham, Samantha J. McDonough, Melody L. Stallings-Mann, Ethan P. Heinzen, Jaime I. Davila, Robert A. Vierkant, Tanya L. Hoskin, Marlene Frost, Jodi M. Carter, Derek C. Radisky, Julie M. Cunningham, Amy C. Degnim and Chen Wang

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:689

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  26. Content type: Research article

    Pekin duck is an important animal model for its ability for fat synthesis and deposition. However, transcriptional dynamic regulation of adipose differentiation driven by complex signal cascades remains largel...

    Authors: Zheng Wang, Zhong-Tao Yin, Fan Zhang, Xiao-Qin Li, Si-Rui Chen, Ning Yang, Tom E. Porter and Zhuocheng Hou

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:688

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  27. Content type: Research article

    Tetrastigma hemsleyanum Diels et Gilg is a valuable medicinal herb, whose main bioactive constituents are flavonoids. Chilling sensitivity is the dominant environmental factor limiting growth and development of t...

    Authors: Xin Peng, Hao Wu, Hongjiang Chen, Yujiong Zhang, Dan Qiu and Zhongyi Zhang

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:687

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  28. Content type: Research article

    Mutations in minor spliceosome components such as U12 snRNA (cerebellar ataxia) and U4atac snRNA (microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type 1 (MOPD1)) result in tissue-specific symptoms. Given tha...

    Authors: Anouk M. Olthof, Katery C. Hyatt and Rahul N. Kanadia

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:686

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  29. Content type: Software

    Cancer genomes are peppered with somatic mutations imprinted by different mutational processes. The mutational pattern of a cancer genome can be used to identify and understand the etiology of the underlying m...

    Authors: Erik N. Bergstrom, Mi Ni Huang, Uma Mahto, Mark Barnes, Michael R. Stratton, Steven G. Rozen and Ludmil B. Alexandrov

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:685

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  30. Content type: Research article

    We report the sequencing, assembly and analysis of the genome of the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), the largest extant lizard, with a focus on antimicrobial host-defense peptides. The Komodo dragon diet inc...

    Authors: Monique L. van Hoek, M. Dennis Prickett, Robert E. Settlage, Lin Kang, Pawel Michalak, Kent A. Vliet and Barney M. Bishop

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:684

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  32. Content type: Research article

    The brown plant hopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens, is one of the major pest of rice (Oryza sativa). Plant defenses against insect herbivores have been extensively studied, but our understanding of insect responses...

    Authors: Jing Zhang, Wei Guan, Chaomei Huang, Yinxia Hu, Yu Chen, Jianping Guo, Cong Zhou, Rongzhi Chen, Bo Du, Lili Zhu, Danax Huanhan and Guangcun He

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:682

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  33. Content type: Research article

    The crop growth compensation effect is a naturally biological phenomenon, and nitrogen (N) is essential for crop growth and development, especially for yield formation. Little is known about the molecular mech...

    Authors: Qiangqiang Xiong, Lei Zhong, Tianhua Shen, Chaohao Cao, Haohua He and Xiaorong Chen

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:681

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  34. Content type: Research article

    Fermentation completion is a major prerequisite in many industrial processes involving the bakery yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Stuck fermentations can be due to the combination of many environmental stresses. ...

    Authors: Philippe Marullo, Pascal Durrens, Emilien Peltier, Margaux Bernard, Chantal Mansour and Denis Dubourdieu

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:680

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  35. Content type: Research article

    Porcine embryos undergo rapid differentiation and expansion between Days 8 and 12 before attaching to the maternal uterine epithelial surface after Day 13. It is known that maternal recognition of pregnancy an...

    Authors: Shuqin Zeng, Jochen Bick, David Kradolfer, Johannes Knubben, Veronika L. Flöter, Stefan Bauersachs and Susanne E. Ulbrich

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:679

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  36. Content type: Research article

    Light is a key environmental factor in regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis. Through a large number of bagging screenings, we obtained non-photosensitive eggplants that still have decent amount of anthocyani...

    Authors: Yongjun He, Hang Chen, Lu Zhou, Yang Liu and Huoying Chen

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:678

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  37. Content type: Research article

    Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a major signaling molecule that the brain uses to control a vast network of intracellular cascades fundamental to properties of learning and memory, and cognition. W...

    Authors: Kathryn M. Hixson, Meaghan Cogswell, Amy R. Brooks-Kayal and Shelley J. Russek

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:677

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  38. Content type: Research article

    Herbivorous insects can have a profound impact on plant growth performance. In some years, canopy damage in poplar plantations exceeds 50% of the total leaf surface, thereby possibly compromising carbon fixati...

    Authors: Niels A. Müller, Birgit Kersten, Matthias Fladung and Hilke Schroeder

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:673

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  39. Content type: Software

    Single cell transcriptome sequencing has become an increasingly valuable technology for dissecting complex biology at a resolution impossible with bulk sequencing. However, the gap between the technical expert...

    Authors: Di Feng, Charles E. Whitehurst, Dechao Shan, Jon D. Hill and Yong G. Yue

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:676

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  40. Content type: Research article

    The hard tick Hyalomma dromedarii is one of the most injurious ectoparasites affecting camels and apparently best adapted to deserts. As long-term blood feeders, ticks are threatened by host defense system compou...

    Authors: Chaima Bensaoud, Hajer Aounallah, Juliana Mozer Sciani, Fernanda Faria, Ana Marisa Chudzinski-Tavassi, Ali Bouattour and Youmna M’ghirbi

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:675

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  41. Content type: Research article

    Ethylene signal transduction in plants is conducted by the two-component system (TCS) which consists of histidine kinase (HK), histidine phosphotransferase (HPT) and response regulators (RRs). This system play...

    Authors: Yogeshwar V. Dhar, Deepika Lakhwani, Ashutosh Pandey, Shikha Singh, Prabodh K. Trivedi and Mehar H. Asif

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:674

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  42. Content type: Research article

    The Yesso scallop, Patinopecten (Mizuhopecten) yessoensis, is a commercially important bivalve in the coastal countries of Northeast Asia. It has complex modes of sex differentiation, but knowledge of the mechani...

    Authors: Liqing Zhou, Zhihong Liu, Yinghui Dong, Xiujun Sun, Biao Wu, Tao Yu, Yanxin Zheng, Aiguo Yang, Qing Zhao and Dan Zhao

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:671

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  44. Content type: Research article

    Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) affects a large number of post-surgery patients, especially for the elderly. However, the etiology of this neurocognitive disorder is largely unknown. Even if several...

    Authors: Qiang Liu, Aisheng Hou, Yongyi Zhang, Ying Guo, Jingjing Li, Yinghao Yao, Kaimeng Niu, Hao Li, Yunlong Ma and Jiangbei Cao

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:670

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  45. Content type: Research article

    Poultry breeding programs have been focused on improvement of growth and carcass traits, however, this has resulted in correlated changes in internal organ weights and increased incidence of metabolic disorder...

    Authors: Gabriel Costa Monteiro Moreira, Mayara Salvian, Clarissa Boschiero, Aline Silva Mello Cesar, James M. Reecy, Thaís Fernanda Godoy, Mônica Corrêa Ledur, Dorian Garrick, Gerson Barreto Mourão and Luiz L. Coutinho

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:669

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  46. Content type: Research article

    Petal nectar spurs, which facilitate pollination through animal attraction and pollen placement, represent a key innovation promoting diversification in the genus Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae). Identifying the geneti...

    Authors: Evangeline S. Ballerini, Elena M. Kramer and Scott A. Hodges

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:668

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  47. Content type: Research article

    Histone modifications play a significant role in the regulation of transcription and various biological processes, such as development and regeneration. Though a few genomic (including DNA methylation patterns...

    Authors: Vasudevan Ayyappan, Venkateswara R. Sripathi, Venu ( Kal) Kalavacharla, Malay C. Saha, Jyothi Thimmapuram, Ketaki P. Bhide and Elizabeth Fiedler

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:667

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  48. Content type: Research article

    The class III peroxidase (PRX) gene family is a plant-specific member of the PRX superfamily that is closely related to various physiological processes, such as cell wall loosening, lignification, and abiotic ...

    Authors: Jun Yan, Peisen Su, Wen Li, Guilian Xiao, Yan Zhao, Xin Ma, Hongwei Wang, Eviatar Nevo and Lingrang Kong

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:666

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  49. Content type: Research article

    Mosquitoes are colonized by a large but mostly uncharacterized natural virome of RNA viruses, and the composition and distribution of the natural RNA virome may influence the biology and immunity of Anopheles mal...

    Authors: Eugeni Belda, Ferdinand Nanfack-Minkeu, Karin Eiglmeier, Guillaume Carissimo, Inge Holm, Mawlouth Diallo, Diawo Diallo, Amélie Vantaux, Saorin Kim, Igor V. Sharakhov and Kenneth D. Vernick

    Citation: BMC Genomics 2019 20:664

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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Genomics 2019 20:698

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