Topics:

• Tree of Life
  • Tree of Life
  • Assembling the Tree of Life (2002 NSF program solicitation)
    I think this is the first one. You can find other ones by clicking through the "replaced by" link. You can also search for "assembling the tree of life" and "NSF" to get other years.
  • Assembling the Tree of Life(NSF pamphlet) (pdf)
  • Introduction to special issue
    Tree of Life (2003). Science, 300 (special issue) (5626)
    Science available in GAC library.
• SARS
  • Tracking SARS back to its source
  • Bats might be origin of SARS
  • Speeding to the SARS sequence
  • Lau, S.K., Woo, P.C., Li, K.S., Huang, Y., Tsoi, H.W., Wong, B.H., Wong, S.S., Leung, S.Y., Chan, K.H., and Yuen, K.Y. (2005, September 27). Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-like virus in Chinese horseshoe bats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 102: 14040-14045. (Available in Gustavus library)
  • Li, W., Shi, Z., Yu, M., Ren, W., Smith, C., Epstein, J.H., Wang, H., Crameri, G., Hu, Z., Zhang, H., Zhang, J., McEachern, J., Field, H., Daszak, P., Eaton, B.T., Zhang, S., and Wang, L.F. (2005, October 28). Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses. Science. 310: 676-679. (Available in Gustavus library)
  • Normile, Dennis. (2005, September 30). Researchers tie deadly SARS virus to bats. Science. 309: 2154-2155. (Available in Gustavus library)
  • Viral evolution and the emergence of SARS coronavirus (pdf)
• Avian flu
  • Evolution and the avian flu
  • Recombination Resulting in Virulence Shift in Avian Influenza Outbreak, Chile
  • Evolution of H5N1 Avian Influenza Viruses in Asia
  • The evolution of H5N1 influenza viruses in ducks in southern China(Abstract) PNAS is available in the Gustavus library.
  • Influenza A/H5N1 in humans in Asia
  • Genesis of a highly pathogenic and potentially pandemic H5N1 influenza virus in eastern Asia
    (Full text available at Gustavus through ISI. Click on ISI and then "Find it")
• Intentional HIV injection? First use of phylogenetics in criminal case.
  • Guilty Sequence
  • The Microbial Forensic Use of HIV Sequences(pdf)
  • Molecular evidence of HIV-1 transmission in a criminal case(pdf)
• Tracking a mystery disease: hantavirus infections in the Four-Corners area
  • Tracking a Mystery Disease (CDC)
  • Assembling the Tree of Life(pdf) (NSF pamphlet, brief section on hantavirus)
  • A different hantavirus case
  • Hantaviruses: A Global Disease Problem(see, in particular, the tree)
  • The Ecology and Evolutionary History of an Emergent Disease: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome(pdf)
  • Identifying Rodent Hantavirus Reservoirs, Brazil
  • Analysis of Hantavirus Genetic Diversity in Argentina: S Segment-Derived Phylogeny
• Using phylogenetic knowledge to discover snake bite antivenoms
  • Assembling the Tree of Life(pdf) (NSF pamphlet, brief section on snakes, also see references at end)
  • Phylogenetic Relationships of Elapid Snakes(pdf)
  • Molecular phylogeny of viviparous Australian elapid snakes(pdf)
  • Phylogenetic relationships of terrestrial Australo-Papuan elapid snakes(pdf)
• Identifying emerging diseases: West Nile virus
  • Assembling the Tree of Life(pdf) (NSF pamphlet, brief section on West Nile virus)
  • Survey article on West Nile virus
  • Lanciotti RS, Roehrig JT, Deubel V, et al. Origin of the West Nile virus responsible for an outbreak of encephalitis in the northeastern United States SCIENCE 286 (5448): 2333-2337 DEC 17 1999 (pdf) (Also available in Gustavus library)
  • Anderson JF, Andreadis TG, Vossbrinck CR, et al. Isolation of West Nile virus from mosquitoes, crows, and a Cooper's hawk in Connecticut SCIENCE 286 (5448): 2331-2333 DEC 17 1999 (pdf)(Also available in Gustavus library)
  • Outbreak of West Nile Virus Infection, Volgograd Region, Russia, 1999
  • A phylogenetic approach to following West Nile virus in Connecticut
  • Phylogenetic Relationships of Southern African West Nile Virus Isolates
  • Phylogenetic Analysis of West Nile Virus
    Abstract and introduction only, but it does include figures.
  • Phylogenetic Analysis of a Human Isolate from the 2000 Israel West Nile Epidemic
• Determining illegal trade in protected whales
  • Palumbi Lab (See his papers)
  • The Use of DNA Testing to Monitor Illegal Whaling A conversation with Stephen Palumbi
  • Molecular genetic identification of whale and dolphin products for sale in Japan, 1998-99 (pdf)
  • Molecular genetic identification of southern hemisphere beaked whales (pdf)
  • Predicted decline of protected whales based on molecular genetic monitoring of Japanese and Korean markets (pdf)
  • Species Identification Using Genetic Tools: The Value of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Gene Sequences in Whale Conservation
  • Genetic tracking of a protected whale
• Using phylogenetic analysis to discover new life forms for biotechnology
  • Assembling the Tree of Life(pdf) (NSF pamphlet, section on discovery of famous bacterium from Yellowstone)
  • Perspectives on archaeal diversity, thermophily and monophyly from environmental rRNA sequences Fulltext (PDF) available. Also available in Gustavus library.
  • Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Archaeal Intron-Containing Genes Coding for rRNA Obtained from a Deep-Subsurface Geothermal Water Pool
  • Biotechnology in Yellowstone