The dynamics of the persistence of human DNA in soil are poorly understood, though increasingly crucial to genomics. Human DNA recovered from soil and sediments can be used in identifying the presence of human burial and...
Parola chiave:
DNA persistence, forensic genomics e soil taphonomy
Soggetto:
DNA, Genomics, Forensic genetics, Taphonomy e Soils
Forest communities experience disturbances, such as fire and canopy removal, which create light gradients and microclimates that affect establishment, carbon gain, and height of native and invasive pioneer tree species that...
Kalmia buxifolia (sand-myrtle, Ericaceae) exhibits a highly disjunct distribution across the high-elevation rock outcrops of the southern Appalachians, upper monadnocks of the North Carolina Piedmont, pine savannas of the...
Parola chiave:
ecophysiology, Kalmia buxifolia, phylogeography, rock outcrop e water-use efficiency
Soggetto:
Kalmia -- Cladistic analysis, Kalmia -- Habitat -- South Atlantic States, Kalmia -- Habitat -- New Jersey, Phylogeography, Water efficiency e Plant diversity
The Oconaluftee River is a moderate to large sized stream located in the Little Tennessee River basin of the southern Appalachian Mountains. The Little Tennessee River basin is home to six different species of Redhorse, three...
Parola chiave:
Black, Cherokee, Golden, Oconaluftee, Redhorse e Sicklefin
Soggetto:
Redhorses -- North Carolina -- Oconaluftee River, Fish populations -- North Carolina -- Oconaluftee River e Fishes -- Seasonal distribution -- North Carolina -- Oconaluftee River
Numerous pathogenic bacterial species have been found in many freshwater systems around the world. These pathogens affect the overall water quality of these systems and may cause diseases in both aquatic and terrestrial animals...
Parola chiave:
bacterial pathogens, pathogens, Smoky Mountains National Park e streams
Soggetto:
Bacterial pollution of water -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.), Bacterial genetics, Bacteria -- Phylogeny e Freshwater microbiology -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)
Isotria medeoloides (Pursh) Raf. or small whorled pogonia is one of the rarest orchids in the eastern U.S. and is currently threatened by habitat loss in the southern Appalachians. The purpose of this study was to improve our...
Parola chiave:
biodiversity conservation, habitat model, Isotria medeoloides, Maxent, southern Appalachians e threatened and endangered
Soggetto:
Small whorled pogonia -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Geographical distribution -- Mathematical models e Small whorled pogonia -- Habitat -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Mathematical models
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria and are characteristically specific for their bacterial hosts with preferences rarely traversing genus boundaries. Mycobacteriophages – bacteriophages that infect Mycobacterial...
Parola chiave:
Bacteriophages, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Microbiology e Virology
Soggetto:
Bacteriophages, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Microbiology, Virology, Lysogeny e Mycobacterium
Microhexura spiders are the northernmost members of the family Diplurid, and are the smallest mygalomorph spiders, ranging from 2.5 to 5.6 mm in adult body length.There are two species, Microhexura idahoana and Microhexura...
Microhexura spiders are the northernmost members of the family Diplurid, and are the smallest mygalomorph spiders, ranging from 2.5 to 5.6 mm in adult body length.There are two species, Microhexura idahoana and Microhexura...
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) encompass a large number of protein receptors within the human genome. Because GPCRs are involved in numerous pathways including serotonin signaling in the brain, the receptors are often...
Soggetto:
Spatial analysis (Statistics), G proteins, Muridae, Olfactory receptors e Proteins—Research
