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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Genetics
Research articles in refereed specialist journals

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Select the first letter of the journal title from the alphabetical list.

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Fandohan P, Gnonlonfin B, Hell K, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Impact of indigenous storage systems and insect infestation on the contamination of maize with fumonisins. African Journal of Biotechnology, 5 (7) / Apr, pp 546-552.

Smith AH, Pinkard EA, Hunter GC, Wingfield MJ, Mohammed CL: 2006. Anatomical variation and defence responses of juvenile Eucalyptus nitens leaves to Mycospaerella leaf disease. Australasian Plant Pathology, 35, pp 725-731.

Maphosa L, Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA, Mwenje E, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among Armillaria species inferred from partial elongation factor 1-alpha DNA sequence data. Australasian Plant Pathology, 35, pp 513-520.

Adams GC, Roux J, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Cytosporaspecies (Ascomycota, Diaporthales, Valsaceae): introduced and native pathogens of trees in South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology, 35, pp 521-548.

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Beyene Y, Oberholster (Botha) A-M, Myburg AA: 2006. Genetic diversity in traditional Ethiopian highland maize accessions assessed by AFLP markers and morphological traits. Biodiversity and Conservation, 15, pp 2655-2671.

Greeff JM, Moore JC, Loggenberg A: 2006. Kin competition promotes dispersal in a male pollinating fig wasp. Biology Letters, 2 (1) / Mar, pp 17-19.

Roux CZ: 2006. Incorporating turnover in estimates of protein retention efficiency for different body tissues. British Journal of Nutrition, 95 (2) / Feb, pp 246-254.

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Jacobs K, Eckhardt LG, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Leptographium profanum sp.nov., a new species from hardwood roots in North America. Canadian Journal of Botany-Revue Canadienne De Botanique, 84, pp 759-766.

Roets F, Wingfield MJ, Dreyer L, Crous PW, Bellstedt DU: 2006. A PCR-based method to detect species of Gondwanamyces and Ophiostoma on surfaces of insects colonizing Protea flowers. Canadian Journal of Botany-Revue Canadienne De Botanique, 84 (6), pp 898-994.

Crowe TM, Bowie RCK, Bloomer P, Mandiwana TG, Hedderson TAJ, Randi E, Pereira SL, Wakeling J: 2006. Phylogenetics, biogeography and classification of, and character evolution in, gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): Effects of character exclusion, data partitioning and missing data. Cladistics-The International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society, 22, pp 1-38.

Clarke JC, Honey EM, Bekker E, Snyman L, Raymond Jr RM, Lord C, Brophy PD: 2006. A novel nonsense mutation in theEYA1gene associated with branchio-oto-renal/branchiootic syndrome in an Afrikaner kindred. Clinical Genetics, 70, pp 63-67.

Hare MP, Allen S, Bloomer P, Camara MD, Carnegie RB, Murfree J, Luckenbach M, Meritt D, Morrison C, Paynter K, Reece KS, Rose CG: 2006. A genetic test for recruitment enhancement in Chesapeake Bay oysters, Crassostrea virginica, after population supplement with a disease tolerant strain. Conservation Genetics, 7, pp 717-734.

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Pienaar J, Greeff JM: 2006. Adaptive non-Fisherian sex ratios in a patchily distributed population with outbreeding. Evolutionary Ecology, 20, pp 431-445.

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Gryzenhout M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. New taxonomic concepts for the important forest pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica and related fungi. Fems Microbiology Letters, 258, pp 161-172.

Fandohan P, Ahouansou R, Houssou P, Hell K, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Impact of mechanical shelling and dehulling on Fusarium infection and fumonisin contamination in maize. Food Additives and Contaminants, 23 (4) / Apr, pp 415-421.

Gezahgne A, Roux J, Hunter GC, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Mycosphaerellaspecies associated with leaf disease of< I>Eucalyptus globulus in Ethiopia. Forest Pathology, 36, pp 253-263.

Hunter GC, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Pongpanich K, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Pseudocercospora flavomarginata sp. Nov., from Eucalyptus leaves in Thailand. Fungal Diversity, 22 / Jun, pp 71-90.

Van Wyk M, Roux J, Barnes I, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Molecular phylogeny of the Ceratocystis moniliformis complex and description of C.tribiliformis sp.nov.. Fungal Diversity, 21 / Feb, pp 181-201.

Bogale M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET: 2006. Characterization of Fusarium oxysporum isolates from Ethiopia using AFLP, SSR and DNA sequence analyses. Fungal Diversity, 23 / Oct, pp 51-66.

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Beyene Y, Botha AM, Myburg AA: 2006. Genetic diversity among traditional Ethiopian highland maize accessions assessed by simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 53 (8), pp 1579-1588.

Delport W, Cunningham M, Olivier B, Preisig O, Van der Merwe SW: 2006. A population genetics pedigree perspective on the transmission of helicobacter pylori. Genetics, 174, pp 2107-2118.

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Oberholster P J, Botha AM, Cloete TE: 2006. Use of molecular markers as indicators for winter zooplankton grazing on toxic benthic cyanobacteria colonies in an urban Colorado lake. Harmful Algae, 5, pp 705-716.

Legesse BW, Myburg AA, Pixley KV, Botha AM: 2006. Genetic diversity of maize inbred lines revealed by SSR markers. Hereditas, 44 (1), pp 10-17.

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Fritz EL, Slavik T, Delport W, Olivier B, Van der Merwe SW: 2006. Incidence of Helicobacter felis and the Effect of Coinfection with Helicobacter pylori on the Gastric Mucosa in the African Population. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 44 (5) / May, pp 1692-1696.

Jousselin E, van Noort S, Rasplus JY, Greeff JM: 2006. Patterns of diversification of Afrotropical Otiteselline fig wasps: Phylogenetic study reveals a double radiation across host figs and conservatism of host association. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19, pp 253-266.

Jousselin E, van Noort S, Rasplus JY, Greeff JM: 2006. Patterns of diversification of Afrotropical Otitesellinefig wasps: Phylogenetic study reveals a double radiation across host figs and conservatism of host association.. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19, pp 253-266.

Russo I-R, Chimimba CT, Bloomer P: 2006. Mitochondrial DNA differentiation between two species of Aethomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Southern Africa. Journal of Mammalogy, 87 (3) / Jun, pp 545-553.

Botha AM, Li Y, Lapitan NLV: 2006. Cereal host interactions with Russion wheat aphid: A review. Journal of Plant Interactions, 1 (4) / December, pp 211-222.

Verbeeck J, Maes P, Lemey P, Pybus OG, Wollants E, Song E, Nevens F, Fevery J, Delport W, Van der Merwe SW, Van Ranst M: 2006. Investigating the origin and spread of Hepatitis C virus genotype 5a. Journal of Virology, 80 (9), pp 4220-4226.

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Oberholster P J, Botha AM, Cloete TE: 2006. Toxic cyanobacterial blooms in a shallow, articially mixed urban lake in Colorado, USA. Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management, 11, pp 111-123.

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Delport W: 2006. Coalface: A graphical user interface program for the simulation of coalescence. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, pp 281-284.

Delport W, Grant TJ, Ryan PG, Bloomer P: 2006. Ten microsatellite loci for evolutionary research on Nesospiza buntings. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, pp 1180-1183.

Jansen van Vuuren GJ, Kryger P, Greeff JM: 2006. Isolation of six microsatellite loci in the pollinating fig wasp, Platyscapa awekei. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, pp 385-386.

Cortinas MN, Barnes I, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Eucalyptus fungal pathogen Colletogloeopsis zuluensis. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, pp 780-783.

Hunter GC, Cortinas MN, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Eucalyptus leaf pathogen Mycosphaerella nubilosa. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, pp 900-903.

Wright LP, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Brenneman T, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Cylindrocladium parasiticum. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, pp 110-112.

Franzen I, Slippers B, Vasiliauskas R, Stenlid J: 2006. Development of microsatellite markers for the red-listed wood-decay fungus Phlebia centrifuga. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, pp 870-872.

Forgie S, Kryger U, Bloomer P, Scholtz CH: 2006. Evolutionary relationships among the Scarabaeini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) based on combined molecular and morphological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40, pp 662-678.

Gryzenhout M, Myburg H, Rodas CA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Aurapex penicillata gen. sp. Nov. from native Miconia theaezans and Tibouchina spp. in Colombia. Mycologia, 98 (1), pp 105-115.

Gryzenhout M, Myburg H, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Cryphonectriaceae (Diaporthales), a new family including Cryphonectria, Chrysoporthe, Endothia and allied genera. Mycologia, 98 (2), pp 239-249.

Burgess TI, Barber PA, Mohali S, Pegg G, De Beer W, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Three new Lasiodiplodia spp. from the tropics, recognized based on DNA sequence comparisons and morphology. Mycologia, 98 (3), pp 423-435.

Al-Subhi A M, Al-Adawi A O, Van Wyk M, Deadman M L, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Ceratocystis omanensis, a new species from diseased mango trees in Oman. Mycological Research, 110, pp 237-245.

Cortinas MN, Burgess TI, Dell B, Xu D, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. First record of Colletogloeopsis zuluense comb. Nov., causing a stem canker of Aucalyptus in China. Mycological Research, 110, pp 229-236.

Geldenhuis MM, Roux J, Cilliers AJ, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Clonality in South African isolates and evidence for a European origin of the root pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola. Mycological Research, 110, pp 306-311.

Mohali S, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Two new Fusicoccum species from Acacia and Eucalyptus in Venezuela, based on morphology and DNA sequence data. Mycological Research, 110, pp 405-413.

Gryzenhout M, Rodas CA, Portales JM, Clegg P, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Novel host of the Eucalyptus canker pathogen Chrysoporthe cubensis and a new Chrysoporthe species from Colombia. Mycological Research, 110, pp 833-845.

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Marasas WFO, Ploetz R, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Steenkamp ET: 2006. Mango malformation disease and the associated Fusarium species. Phytopathology, 96 (6), pp 667-672.

Botha AM, Lacock L, van Niekerk C, Matsioloko MT, du Preez FB, Loots S, Venter E, Kunert K, Cullis CA: 2006. Is photosynthetic transcriptional regulation in Triticum aestivum L. cv. 'TugelaDN' a contributing factor for tolerance to Diuraphis noxia (Homoptera: Aphididae)?. Plant Cell Reports, 25 (1), pp 41-45.

Heath RN, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Discovery of the Canker Pathogen Chrysoporthe austroafricana on Native Syzygium spp. in South Africa. Plant Disease, 90 (4) / Apr, pp 433-438.

Nakabonge G, Roux J, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Distribution of Chrysoporthe Canker Pathogens on Eucalyptus and Syzygium spp. in Eastern and Southern Africa. Plant Disease, 90 (6), pp 734-740.

Mwenje E, Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA, Nemato H, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Armillaria species on tea in Kenya identified using isozyme and DNA sequence comparisons. Plant Pathology, 55, pp 343-350.

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Legesse BW, Myburg AA, Pixley KV, Botha AM: 2006. Comparative genetic analysis of highland maize inbred lines using AFLP and SSR markers. South African Journal of Plant and Soil/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Plant en Grond, 23 (2), pp 100-105.

Kiula BA, Botha AM, Lyimo NG: 2006. The prediction of best line combiners and heterosis in Tanzanian maize breeding lines through the use of Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLPs). South African Journal of Plant and Soil/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Plant en Grond, 23 (4), pp 246-252.

Van Wyk M, van der Merwe NA, Roux J, Wingfield BD, Kamgan GN, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Population genetic analyses suggest that the Eucalyptus fungal pathogen Ceratocystis fimbriata has been introduced into South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 102, pp 259-263.

Roets F, de Beer ZW, Dreyer L, Zipfel R, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Multi-gene phylogeny for Ophiostoma spp. reveals two new species from Protea infructescences. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 199-212.

Zipfel R, de Beer ZW, Jacobs K, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Multi-gene phylogenies define Ceratocystiopsis and Grosmannia distinct from Ophiostoma. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 75-97.

Cortinas MN, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Multi-gene phylogenies and phenotypic characters distinguish two species within the Colletogloeopsis zuluensis complex associated with Eucalyptus stem cankers. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 133-146.

Crous PW, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Rheeder JP, Marasas WFO, Philips AJL, Alves A, Burgess T, Barber J, Groenewald J Z: 2006. Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriaceae. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 235-253.

Crous PW, Rong IH, Wood A, Lee S, Glen H, Botha W, Slippers B, de Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Hawksworth DL: 2006. How many species of fungi are there at the tip of Africa?. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 13-33.

Crous P W, Wingfield MJ, Mansilla JP, Alfenas AC, Groenewald JZ: 2006. Phylogenetic reassessment of Mycosphaerellaspp. And their anamorphs occurring on Eucalyptus.II. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 99-131.

de Beer ZW, Begerow D, Bauer R, Pegg GS, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Phylogeny of the Quambalariaceae fam. Nov., including important Eucalyptus pathogens in South Africa and Australia. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 289-298.

Gryzenhout M, Myburg H, Hodges CS, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Microthia, Holocryphia and Ursicollum, three new genera on Eucalyptus and Coccoloba for fungi previously known as Cryphonectria. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 35-52.

Lee S, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Pestalotioid fungi from Restionaceae in Cape Floral Kingdom. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 175-187.

Maier WFA, Khoza T, Harmse N, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. A disease epidemic on Zizyphus mucronata in the Kruger National Park caused by Coniodictyum chevalieri. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 279-288.

Nakabonge G, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2006. Celoporthe dispersa gen. et sp. Nov. from native Myrtales in South Africa. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 255-267.

Hunter GC, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ: 2006. A multi-gene phylogeny for species of< I>Mycosphaerella occurring on Eucalyptus leaves. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 147-161.

Zhou X, De Beer W, Wingfield MJ: 2006. DNA sequence comparison of Ophiostoma spp., including Ophiostoma aurorae sp. Nov., associated with pine bark beetles in South Africa. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 269-277.

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Ranik M, Myburg AA: 2006. Six new cellulose synthase genes from Eucalyptus are associated with primary and secondary cell wall biosynthesis. Tree Physiology, 26, pp 545-556.

Ranik M, Creux NM, Myburg AA: 2006. Within-tree transcriptome profiling in wood-forming tissues of a fast-growing Eucalyptustree. Tree Physiology, 26, pp 365-375.

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Hoogendijk CF, Marx J, Honey EM, Pretorius E, Christianson AL: 2006. Ultrastructural investigation of Zimmermann-Laband syndrome. Ultrastructural Pathology, 30, pp 423-426.