We review recent trends in phylogeography and phylogenetics and argue that these two
fields stand to be reunited by the common yardstick provided by sequence and SNP data and …

Although a variety of bacterial species have been reported to use the interspecies communication
signal autoinducer-2 (AI-2) to regulate multiple behaviors, the molecular mechanisms …

The glacial refugia hypothesis indicates that during the height of the Pleistocene glaciations
the temperate species that are today widespread in western Europe must have survived in …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae—the most emblematic and industrially relevant yeast—has a
long list of taxonomical synonyms. Formerly considered as distinct species, some of the …

Prokaryote genomes are the result of a dynamic flux of genes, with increases achieved via
horizontal gene transfer and reductions occurring through gene loss. The ecological and …

Regeneration depends on the ability of mature cells at the injury site to respond to injury,
generating tissue-specific progenitors that incorporate the blastema and proliferate to …

The Wickerhamiella and Starmerella genera form a clade (W/S clade) that branches close
to Yarrowia lipolytica in the Saccharomycotina species tree. It comprises approximately 90 …

Neuron specification and maturation are essential for proper central nervous system
development. However, the precise mechanisms that govern neuronal maturation, essential to …

A recent study of mitochondrial phylogeography of tawny owls (Strix aluco) in western Europe
suggested that this species survived the Pleistocene glaciations in three allopatric refugia …

Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) is unique among quorum-sensing signaling molecules, as it is
produced and recognized by a wide variety of bacteria and thus facilitates interspecies …