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| H A RossSummaryAffiliation: University of Auckland Country: New Zealand Publications
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Evolutionary relationships and divergence times among the native rats of AustraliaJudith H Robins
Department of Anthropology and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
BMC Evol Biol 10:375. 2010..We also demonstrate, from a larger dataset, the usefulness of short regions of the mitochondrial genome in identifying these rats at the species level...
Testing the reliability of genetic methods of species identification via simulationHoward A Ross
Bioinformatics Institute, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Syst Biol 57:216-30. 2008..The requirement for extensive genetic sampling may render these techniques inappropriate in some circumstances...
Using phylogenetic analyses and reference datasets to validate the species identities of cetacean sequences in GenBankHoward A Ross
School of Biological Sciences and Bioinformatics Institute, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92109 Auckland, New Zealand
Mol Phylogenet Evol 40:866-71. 2006- DNA surveillance: web-based molecular identification of whales, dolphins, and porpoisesH A Ross
School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand
J Hered 94:111-4. 2003..Extensions of the system to include other gene loci and taxa are planned. The service, including instructions and sample data, is available at http://www.dna-surveillance.auckland.ac.nz... - Slower tempo of microevolution in island birds: implications for conservation biologyShane D Wright
School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Evolution 63:2275-87. 2009..That effect might constrain the potential for adaptive shifts in response to changing environments such as those associated with global warming... - Dating of divergences within the Rattus genus phylogeny using whole mitochondrial genomesJudith H Robins
Department of Anthropology and Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Mol Phylogenet Evol 49:460-6. 2008..2Mya, with R. rattus and R. tanezumi separating as recently as approximately 0.4Mya. Our results give both a better resolved species divergence order and diversification dates within Rattus than previous studies... - Unsupervised bird song syllable classification using evolving neural networksLouis Ranjard
Bioinformatics Institute, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
J Acoust Soc Am 123:4358-68. 2008..Results obtained from the encoding of White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis) songs are compared to human-based analysis... - Inferring evolutionary rates using serially sampled sequences from several populationsAllen G Rodrigo
Computational and Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Mol Biol Evol 20:2010-8. 2003..An example data set comprising HIV-1 partial envelope sequences from six patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy is analyzed... - Taxonomy: Sus bucculentus revisitedJudith H Robins
Department of Anthropology and Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
Nature 440:E7. 2006..scrofa. Our more extensive analysis places the sample within the S. scrofa clade, calling into question the species status of S. bucculentus and demonstrating the need for both phylogenetic and morphological evidence in defining species... - Immune-mediated positive selection drives human immunodeficiency virus type 1 molecular variation and predicts disease durationHoward A Ross
Computational and Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
J Virol 76:11715-20. 2002..Our study is consistent with the hypothesis that a broad and persistent immunologic response is associated with a slower rate of disease progression. In contrast, narrow, shifting immune responses characterize short-term progressors... - Mosaic structure of human coronavirus NL63, one thousand years of evolutionKrzysztof Pyrc
Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam CINIMA, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Mol Biol 364:964-73. 2006..Using this evolutionary rate we determined that HCoV-NL63 diverged in the 11th century from its closest relative HCoV-229E... - Epidemiology, genetic diversity, and evolution of endemic feline immunodeficiency virus in a population of wild cougarsRoman Biek
Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, USA
J Virol 77:9578-89. 2003..These results support the premise that FIVpco is well adapted to its cougar host and provide a basis for comparing lentivirus evolution in endemic and epidemic infections in natural hosts... - Feline lentivirus evolution in cross-species infection reveals extensive G-to-A mutation and selection on key residues in the viral polymeraseMary Poss
Division of Biological Sciences, HS104, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, USA
J Virol 80:2728-37. 2006....