Mouse lemurs (Microcebus) are a radiation of morphologically cryptic primates distributed
throughout Madagascar for which the number of recognized species has exploded in the past …

Protective antigen (PA) is a component of theBacillus anthracis lethal and edema toxins and
the basis of the current anthrax vaccine. In its heptameric form, PA targets host cells and …

Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot that is facing rapid rates of deforestation, habitat destruction,
and poverty. Urgent action is required to document the status of biodiversity to facilitate …

Introduction Gingival fibroblast-mediated extracellular matrix remodelling is implicated in
the pathogenesis of periodontitis, yet the stimuli that regulate this response are not fully …

The recently published genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis Ames has facilitated the
prediction of proteins associated with the virulence of this bacterium. The aim of this study was to …

Kimura’s neutral theory of molecular evolution has been essential to virtually every advance
in evolutionary genetics, and by extension, is foundational to the field of conservation …

Madagascar’s biodiversity is notoriously threatened by deforestation and climate change.
Many of these organisms are rare, cryptic, and severely threatened, making population-level …

Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 has given insight into the evolution and epidemiology
of the virus and its variant lineages during the COVID-19 pandemic. Expanding this …

Wastewater-based epidemiology is now widely used in many countries for the routine
monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses at a community level. However, efficient sample …

Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot that is facing rapid rates of deforestation, habitat destruction
and poverty. Urgent action is required to document the status of biodiversity to facilitate …