Archive: Ecology & evolution
Ecology & evolution 2009 Research Highlights
Human evolution: Finding roots on the Tibetan Plateau this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 16 December 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.236
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et al. Mitochondrial genome evidence reveals successful Late Paleolithic settlement on the Tibetan Plateau. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 106, 21230–21235 (2009).
Top of pageGenomics: Panda genome decoded this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 16 December 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.237
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et al. The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome. Nature doi:10.1038/nature08696 (2009).
Top of pagePalaeontology: Making heads or tails
Felix Cheung
Published online: 28 October 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.209
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, , , & Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull. Proc. R. Soc. B doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1603 (2009).
Top of pagePalaeontology: Four wings and a prey this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 07 October 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.199
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, , & A pre-Archaeopteryx troodontid theropod from China with long feathers on the metatarsus. Nature 461, 640–643 (2009).
Top of pageGenomics: Silkworm secrets this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 16 September 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.183
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et al. Complete resequencing of 40 genomes reveals domestication events and genes in silkworm (Bombyx). Science doi:10.1126/science.1176620 (2009).
Top of pageGenomics: Mere differences
Felix Cheung
Published online: 02 September 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.175
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et al. Centromere repositioning in cucurbit species: Implication of the genomic impact from centromere activation and inactivation. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. doi:10.1073/pnas.0904833106 (2009).
Top of pageBiodiversity: Trees have a story to tell
Felix Cheung
Published online: 12 August 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.162
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, , & Temperature dependence, spatial scale, and tree species diversity in eastern Asia and North America. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA doi:10.1073/pnas.0905030106 (2009).
Top of pageChemical ecology: Spider's secret blend of love this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 29 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.153
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, & A two-component female-produced pheromone of the spider Pholcus beijingensis. J. Chem. Ecol. doi:10.1007/s10886-009-9660-2 (2009).
Top of pageEnvironmental sciences: Dying sturgeons
Ai Lin Chun
Published online: 01 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.137
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et al. Malformations of the endangered Chinese sturgeons, Acipenser sinensis, and its causal agent. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 23, 9339–9344 (2009).
Top of pagePalaeogeography: Cold mountain this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 01 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.138
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et al. The Gamburtsev mountains and the origin and early evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Nature doi:10.1038/nature08024 (2009).
Top of pagePalaeontology: A firsthand look this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 24 June 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.134
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et al. A Jurassic ceratosaur from China helps clarify avian digital homologies. Nature doi:10.1038/nature08124 (2009).
Top of pagePalaeontology: Fishy secrets this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 01 April 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.63
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et al. The oldest articulated osteichthyan reveals mosaic gnathostome characters. Nature doi:10.1038/nature07855 (2009).
Top of pagePalaeontology: Fallen feathers this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 25 March 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.59
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, , & An Early Cretaceous heterodontosaurid dinosaur with filamentous integumentary structures. Nature doi:10.1038/nature07856 (2009).
Top of pageHuman evolution: Peking Man just got older this content is Open !
Tim Reid
Published online: 12 March 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.53
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, , & Age of Zhoukoudian Homo erectus determined with 26Al/10Be burial dating. Nature doi:10.1038/nature07741 (2009).
Top of pagePalaeontology: Birds of a feather
Felix Cheung
Published online: 04 February 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.16
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, & A new feather type in a nonavian theropod and the early evolution of feathers. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 106, 832–834 (2009).
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