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Article Reference Updated status of Saitis barbipes (Simon, 1868) (Araneae, Salticidae) in Belgium
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2022
Article Reference Microorganization of ovaries and oogenesis of Haplotaxis sp. (Clitellata: Haplotaxidae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2020
Article Reference A strikingly coloured new giant millipede from Vietnam has copycat in Borneo (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Harpagophoridae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2020
Article Reference First record of Notiobia (Notiobia) umbrifera Bates and rediscovery of Notiobia (Anisotarsus) praeclara Putzeys (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Colombia
Located in Library / RBINS collections by external author(s)
Article Reference Ten millennia of hepatitis B virus evolution
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections represent a worldwide human health concern. To study the history of this pathogen, Kocher et al. identified 137 human remains with detectable levels of virus dating between 400 and 10,000 years ago. Sequencing and analyses of these ancient viruses suggested a common ancestor between 12,000 and 20,000 years ago. There is no evidence indicating that HBV was present in the earliest humans as they spread out of Africa; however, HBV was likely present in human populations before farming. Furthermore, the virus was present in the Americas by about 9000 years ago, representing a lineage sister to the viral strains found in Eurasia that diverged about 20,000 years ago. —LMZ Genomic data from more than 100 individuals elucidates hepatitis B virus evolution in ancient Eurasians and Native American genomes. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been infecting humans for millennia and remains a global health problem, but its past diversity and dispersal routes are largely unknown. We generated HBV genomic data from 137 Eurasians and Native Americans dated between 10,500 and 400 years ago. We date the most recent common ancestor of all HBV lineages to between 20,000 and 12,000 years ago, with the virus present in European and South American hunter-gatherers during the early Holocene. After the European Neolithic transition, Mesolithic HBV strains were replaced by a lineage likely disseminated by early farmers that prevailed throughout western Eurasia for 4000 years, declining around the end of the 2nd millennium BCE. The only remnant of this prehistoric HBV diversity is the rare genotype G, which appears to have reemerged during the HIV pandemic.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2021
Article Reference Tracking Five Millennia of Horse Management with Extensive Ancient Genome Time Series
Summary Horse domestication revolutionized warfare and accelerated travel, trade, and the geographic expansion of languages. Here, we present the largest DNA time series for a non-human organism to date, including genome-scale data from 149 ancient animals and 129 ancient genomes (≥1-fold coverage), 87 of which are new. This extensive dataset allows us to assess the modern legacy of past equestrian civilizations. We find that two extinct horse lineages existed during early domestication, one at the far western (Iberia) and the other at the far eastern range (Siberia) of Eurasia. None of these contributed significantly to modern diversity. We show that the influence of Persian-related horse lineages increased following the Islamic conquests in Europe and Asia. Multiple alleles associated with elite-racing, including at the MSTN “speed gene,” only rose in popularity within the last millennium. Finally, the development of modern breeding impacted genetic diversity more dramatically than the previous millennia of human management.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference New data on the Palaearctic Xantholinini. 12. New species, new designations and new records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). 275. Contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae
Located in Library / RBINS collections by external author(s)
Article Reference Rédécouverte en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale du rare carabidé endogé Anillus caecus Jacquelin Du Val, 1851 au Jardin botanique Jean Massart grâce à la technique du lavage de terre (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechninae, Bembidiini, Anillina)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2018
Article Reference The longicorn beetle tribe Cerambycini Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) in the fauna of Asia. 4. New or little-know taxa, mainly from Indochina and Borneo, with reviews or annotat'ed checklists of species of some genera
Located in Library / RBINS collections by external author(s)
Article Reference Taxonomic and natural history of the myrmecophilous genus Clinterocera Motschulsky, 1858 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) from China and adjacent regions: revison of the C. juncunda species group
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