Archive for the 'SciLit' Category

Horizontal transfer of an adaptive chimeric photoreceptor from bryophytes to ferns

June 13, 2014

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21600856-survival-ferns-present-depended-ancient-accident-time-and

#Horizontaltransfer of an adaptive chimeric photoreceptor [Neochrome] from bryophytes to #ferns. Careful #phylogeny
http://www.pnas.org/content/111/18/6672.abstract

“An information-theoretic framework for resolving community structure in complex networks.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

June 12, 2014

Rosvall, Martin, and Carl T. Bergstrom. “An information-theoretic framework for resolving community structure in complex networks.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104.18 (2007): 7327-7331.

Info-theoretic framework for… community structure in complex #networks. Compression v modularity, former better?
http://www.pnas.org/content/104/18/7327.short

Genomic Analysis of the Clonal Origins of Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

June 8, 2014

Science. 2008 Nov 28;322(5906):1377-80. doi: 10.1126/science.1164266.

Mullighan CG1, Phillips LA, Su X, Ma J, Miller CB, Shurtleff SA, Downing JR.

Interesting older paper

Genomic analysis of the clonal origins of relapsed ALL
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/322/5906/1377.abs Older paper, describing relapse as arising from minor subclone

Genetic Maps of the Brain Lead to Surprises – Scientific American

June 8, 2014

Neuroscience

Scientific American 310, 70 – 77 (2014)
Published online: 18 March 2014 | doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-70

The Genetic Geography of the Brain

Ed Lein & Mike Hawrylycz

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/genetic-maps-of-the-brain-lead-to-surprises

Data Science and Prediction | December 2013 | Communications of the ACM

June 2, 2014

#DataScience & Prediction: Nice overview of the field, emphasizing testable models, even when causation isn’t implied
http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2013/12/169933-data-science-and-prediction/fulltext

Massive Genomic Decay in Serratia symbiotica, a Recently Evolved Symbiont of Aphids

June 1, 2014

Massive Genomic Decay in… a Recently Evolved #Symbiont of Aphids. Creation of #pseudogenes in many COG categories
http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/3/195.long

Gaelen R. Burke & Nancy A. Moran

Geometric and electronic factors in the rational design of transition-metal-centered boron molecular wheels

June 1, 2014

CB9 nice decomposition of sigma bonds: 9*2c-2e + 4*3c-2e

Geometric & electronic factors in… design of… B molecular wheels. Minimum E #isomer via Coalescence Kick (CK)
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jcp/138/13/10.1063/1.4798935

Characterization of the human ESC transcriptome by hybrid sequencing

May 27, 2014

Characterization of the… #transcriptome by hybrid sequencing, using Illumina reads to error-correct #PacBio ones
http://www.pnas.org/content/110/50/E4821.long

Inferring Cellular Networks Using Probabilistic Graphical Models

May 26, 2014

Inferring… #Networks Using Probabilistic Graphical Models. Nice intro to #Bayesian methods, useful for #teaching
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/303/5659/799.abs

Viruses Reconsidered | The Scientist Magazine(R)

May 26, 2014

#Viruses Reconsidered: Some huge, megabase-scale #genomes but no ribosomes. Usually filtered out in metagenomics
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/39244/title/Viruses-Reconsidered

Phylogenetic…Studies of Informational Genes… Highlight Existence of a 4th Domain of Life Including Giant #Viruses
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0015530

M. Boyer et al., “Phylogenetic and phyletic studies of informational genes in genomes highlight existence of a 4th domain of life including giant viruses,” PLOS ONE, 5:e15530, 2010.

Clustering polymerase reveals TRUC – new Domains to life