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Mapping the Brain’s Genetic Landscape

Scientists have taken a step toward building a computer model of the brain’s genome, one that may help clarify the genetic roots of schizophrenia, autism and other disorders.

From the NYTimes News-2018-12-13:20:6:1

Matter: Narrower Skulls, Oblong Brains: How Neanderthal DNA Still Shapes Us

Two genes inherited from our evolutionary cousins may affect skull shape and brain size even today. What that means for human behavior is a mystery.

From the NYTimes News-2018-12-13:14:6:1

It Could Be the Age of the Chicken, Geologically

With 65 billion chickens consumed each year, the signature fossil of the modern epoch may be the leftovers.

From the NYTimes News-2018-12-11:20:6:1

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End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World?s Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals Ross D. E. MacPhee, Peter Schouten. from W.W. Norton (Dec 9).

New Springer book just published "Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Evolution" edited by P.H. Rampelotto, from Springer Publ. (Dec 3).

Prokaryotes and Evolution by Jean-Claude Bertrand, Philippe Normand, Bernard Olivier, TÃ©lesphore Sime-Ngando, from Springer Publ. (Nov 24).

Evolution Education Around the Globe, edited by Hasan Deniz, Lias A. Borgerding, from Springer. (Nov 17).

Darwinian Evolution of Molecules Physical and Earth-Historical Perspective of the Origin of Life, by Hiromoto Nakazawa, from Springer. (Nov 10).

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Dec 13 08:00	Lateral gene transfer shapes the distribution of RuBisCO among Candidate Phyla Radiation bacteria and DPANN archaea - Alexander L Jaffe, Cindy J Castelle, Christopher L Dupont, Jillian F Banfield (MBE)
Dec 11 08:00	Comparative Analysis of Oomycete Genome Evolution using the Oomycete Gene Order Browser (OGOB) - Jamie McGowan, Kevin P Byrne, David A Fitzpatrick (GBE)
Dec 11 08:00	Plastid genomes from diverse glaucophyte genera reveal a largely conserved gene content and limited architectural diversity - Francisco Figueroa-Martinez, Christopher Jackson, Adrian Reyes-Prieto (GBE)
Dec 11 08:00	Delegating sex: differential gene expression in stolonizing syllids uncovers the hormonal control of reproduction - Patricia Álvarez-Campos et al. (GBE)
Dec 11 08:00	Cycad coralloid roots contain bacterial communities including cyanobacteria and Caulobacter spp that encode niche-specific biosynthetic gene clusters - Karina Gutiérrez-García et al. (GBE)

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Conference announcement:

Advances in eDNA-based Approaches to Fish Ecology and Management (Annual
Symposium of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles; FSBI2019):
Place: University of Hull, UK, Time: 15-19 July 2019

https://www.fsbi.org.uk/annual-symposia/symposium-2019/ Confirmed Keynote
speakers: Chris Jerde (USA); Alice Valentini (France); Kristy Deiner
(Switzerland); Michael Traugott (Austria); Didier Pont (France); Dianne
Gleeson (Australia) Scientific Advisory Committee: Bernd Hänfling (UK,
Convenor); Lori Lawson-Handley (UK), Stefano Mariani (UK); Kerry Walsh
(UK); Neil Gemmell (NZ); Jens Carlsson (IRE); Florian Leese (GER);
Ian Winfield (UK), Sarah Helyar (UK)

Deadline for Abstract Submission: 11th January 2019
https://www.fsbi.org.uk/abstract-submission/

Over the last ten years the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) has become
one of the most promising new approaches to obtain biodiversity data in
aquatic environments, especially for fish. The technologies which underpin
eDNA research evolve constantly, leading to a rapidly increasing quality
and quantity of data. This has opened up exciting new opportunities for
applied and fundamental research alike, but also challenges in terms of
data analysis and interpretation. eDNA methods are rapidly penetrating
biomonitoring for management purposes and increasing our understanding
of ecological interactions within communities and of the drivers for
biodiversity decline. Sessions on eDNA have become a regular feature
of fisheries and ecological conferences but to date there has been no
dedicated conference for eDNA research.

This symposium will, for the first time, bring together the international
community of fish eDNA research and provide an overview of the field. We
are adopting a broad definition of eDNA to include DNA which has not been
sampled directly from the targeted organism, including DNA extracted
from water and sediment as well as from faecal and gut samples. Topics
will range from the development of methods to addressing fundamental
ecological questions, as well as applied aspects of biodiversity
monitoring and include:

-       Fisheries and conservation issues in freshwater and marine
fish communities

-       Monitoring and predicting the spread and impact of invasive fish

-       Molecular food webs and trophic interactions

-       Fish pathogen and parasite detection

-       The dynamics and ecology of fish eDNA in the environment

-       Methodological advances, incl. metagenomics, population level
analysis, new technologies

-       eDNA based monitoring and translation into policies

Mariani Stefano <S.Mariani@salford.ac.uk>

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