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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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Nelson RM, Greeff JM: 2009. Male pollinator fig wasps (Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae) do not need a arena to fight. African Entomology, 17 (2), pp 228-231.

Oberholster PJ, Botha AM, Myburgh JG: 2009. Linking climate change and progressive eutrophication to incidents of clustered animal mortalities in different geographical regions of South Africa. African Journal of Biotechnology, 8 (21) / Nov, pp 5825-5832, Full Text

Oberholster PJ, Mthethwa BLS, Botha AM: 2009. Development of a rapid and sensitive battery of bioassays for risk assessment of cyanobacterial microcystin-LR in drinking water of rural water treatment plants, South Africa. African Journal of Biotechnology, 8 (18) / Sep, pp 4572-4581, Full Text

Nelson RM, Greeff JM: 2009. Evolution of the scale and manner of brother competition in pollinating fig wasps. Animal Behaviour, 77, pp 693-700, Full Text

Meiring TL, Huismans H, van Staden V: 2009. Genome segment reassortment identifies non-structural protein NS3 as a key protein in African horsesickness virus release and alteration of membrane permeability. Archives of Virology, 154, pp 263-271.

Mohali S, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Pathogenicity of seven species of the Botryosphaeriaceae on Eucalyptusclones in Venezuela. Australasian Plant Pathology, 38, pp 135-140.

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Santana QC, Coetzee MPA, Steenkamp ET, Mlonyeni OX, Hammond GNA, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Microsatellite discovery by deep sequencing of enriched genomic libraries. Biotechniques, 46 (3), pp 217-223.

Hammerbacher A, Wright LP, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA: 2009. Factors affecting pine pitch canker modeled on Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Botany-Botanique, 87, pp 36-42, Full Text

Roux CZ: 2009. Use of theoretical efficiencies of protein and fat synthesis to calculate energy requirements for growth in pigs. British Journal of Nutrition, 101, pp 895-901, Full Text

Roux CZ: 2009. The energy cost of protein turnover is arbitrarily distributed between maintenance requirements and protein retention efficiency - response by Roux. British Journal of Nutrition, 102, p. 1697, Full Text

Roux CZ: 2009. The applicability of ordinary least squares to consistently short distances between taxa in phylogenetic tree construction and the normal distribution test consequences. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 71, pp 771-780.

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Liu A, Samils N, Higgins B, Stenlid J, Slippers B, Nairn CJ, Covert SF: 2009. Microsatellite markers for the wood decay fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea. Conservation Genetics, 10 (5) / Oct, pp 1566-1572.

Van den Berg HJS, Du Plessis SM, Bütow K-W, Honey EM: 2009. Associated syndromes and other genetic variations at a South African cleft lip and palate clinic. Curationis: Research Journal of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, 32 (2) / Jun, pp 53-58.

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Oberholster PJ, Botha AM, Ashton PJ: 2009. The influence of a toxic cyanobacterial bloom and water hydrology on algal populations and macroinvertebrate abundance in the upper littoral zone of Lake Krugersdrift, South Africa. Ecotoxicology, 18, pp 34-46, Full Text

Heath RN, Wingfield MJ, Van Wyk M, Roux J: 2009. Insect associates of Ceratocystis albifundusand patterns of association in a native Savanna ecosystem in South Africa. Environmental Entomology, 38 (2), pp 356-364, Full Text

Roets F, Roets F, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Dreyer LL: 2009. Mite-mediated hyperphoretic dispersal ofOphiostomaspp. from the infructescences of South AfricanProteaspp. Environmental Entomology, 38 (1), pp 143-152, Full Text

Perez G, Hunter GC, Slippers B, Perez C, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Teratosphaeria (Mycosphaerella) nubilosa,the causal agent of Mycosphaerella leaf disease (MLD), recently introduced into Uruguay. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 125, pp 109-118.

Bogale M, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Diverse Fusarium solaniisolates colonise agricultural environments in Ethiopia. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 124, pp 369-378.

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Sluiter MD, Mew S, Jansen van Rensburg E: 2009. PALB2 sequence variants in young South African breast cancer patients. Familial Cancer, 8, pp 347-353.

Duran A, Slippers B, Gryzenhout M, Ahumada R, Drenth A, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2009. DNA-based method for rapid identification of the pine pathogen,Phytophthora pinifolia. Fems Microbiology Letters, 298, pp 99-104.

Perez CA, Wingfield MJ, Altier NA, Blanchette RA: 2009. Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae associated withEucalyptusleaf diseases and stem cankers in Uruguay. Forest Pathology, 39, pp 349-360.

Rodas CA, Slippers B, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Eucalyptuscanker diseases in Colombia. Forest Pathology, 39, pp 110-123.

Marin M, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Kirisits T, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Single sequence repeat markers reflect diversity and geographic barriers in Eurasian population of the conifer pathogen Ceratocystis polonica. Forest Pathology, 39, pp 249-265.

Oberholster P J, Botha AM, Ashton P: 2009. Appearance of new taxa: Invertebrates, phytoplankton and bacteria in an alkaline, saline, meteorite crater lake, South Africa. Fundamental And Applied Limnology, 173, pp 271-282.

Van Wyk M, Wingfield BD, Mohali S, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Ceratocystis fimbriatomima, a new species in theC. fimbriata sensu latocomplex isolated fromEucalyptustrees in Venezuela. Fungal Diversity, 34, pp 175-185, Full Text

Coetzee MPA, Maphosa L, Mwenje E, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Characterisation of Armillaria species based on pectic isozyme analyses. Fungal Diversity, 36, pp 9-16, Full Text

Heath RN, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Meke G, Mbaga A, Roux J: 2009. Ceratocystis species on Acacia mearnsii and Eucalyptusspp. In eastern and southern Africa including six new species. Fungal Diversity, 34, pp 41-67, Full Text

Kvas M, Marasas WFO, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET: 2009. Diversity and evolution of Fusarium species in the Gibberella fujikuroi complex. Fungal Diversity, 34, pp 1-21, Full Text

Lu M, Zhou X-D, de Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Sun J-H: 2009. Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with the invasive pine-infesting bark beetle, Dendroctonus valens, in China. Fungal Diversity, 38, pp 133-145, Full Text

Wingfield BD, Maphosa L, Coetzee MPA, Mwenje E, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Characterisation of Zimbabwean Armillaria using IGS-1 sequences and AFLP analysis. Fungal Diversity, 34, pp 185-194, Full Text

van der Nest MA, Slippers B, Steenkamp ET, De Vos L, Van Zyl K, Stenlid J, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Genetic linkage map for Amylostereum areolatum reveals an association between vegetative growth and sexual and self-recognition. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 46, pp 632-641, Full Text

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Greeff JM, Jansen van Vuuren GJ, Kryger P, Moore JC: 2009. Outbreeding and possibly inbreeding depression in a pollinating fig wasp with a mixed mating system. Heredity, 102, pp 349-356.

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Abdel-Rahman EH, Taylor PJ, Contrafatto G, Lamb JM, Bloomer P, Chimimba CT: 2009. Geometric craniometric analysis of sexual dimorphism and ontogenetic variation: A case study based on two geographically disparate species,Aethomys ineptusfrom southern Africa andArvicanthis niloticusfrom Sudan (Rodentia: Muridae). Mammalian Biology, 74, pp 361-373, Full Text

Legesse BW, Pixley KV, Botha AM: 2009. Combining ability and heterotic grouping of highland transition maize inbred lines. Maydica, 54, pp 1-9, Full Text

Visser AA, Ros VID, de Beer ZW, Debets AJM, Hartog E, Kuyper TW, Laessoe T, Slippers B, Aanen DK: 2009. Levels of specificity of Xylaria species associated with fungus-growing termites: A phylogenetic approach. Molecular Ecology, 18, pp 553-567.

Grobbelaar JW, Barnes I, Cortinas MN, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Development and characterization of polymorphic markers for the sap-stain fungus Ophiostoma quercus. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, pp 399-401.

Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Multiple gene genealogies and phenotypic data reveal cryptic species of the Botryosphaeriaceae: A case study on the Neofusicoccum parvum/N. ribis complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 51, pp 259-268.

Swartz ER, Skelton PH, Bloomer P: 2009. Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Pseudobarbus(Cyprinidae): Shedding light on the drainage history of rivers associated with the Cape Floristic Region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 51, pp 75-84, Full Text

Hunter GC, Crous PW, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Teratosphaeria nubilosa, a serious leaf disease pathogen of Eucalyptus spp. in native and introduced areas. Molecular Plant Pathology, 10 (1), pp 1-14.

Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Molecular and phenotypic characterization of three phylogenetic species discovered within theNeofusicoccum parvum/N. ribiscomplex. Mycologia, 101 (5), pp 636-647, Full Text

de Wet J, Slippers B, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Tsopelas P, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Molecular and morphological characterization of Dorthiorella casuarinisp. nov. and other Botryosphaeriaceae with diplodia-like conidia. Mycologia, 101 (4), pp 503-511, Full Text

Nkuekam GK, Barnes I, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2009. Distribution and population diversity of Ceratocystis pirilliformis in South Africa. Mycologia, 101 (1), pp 17-25, Full Text

Pildain MB, Coetzee MPA, Rajchenberg M, Petersen RH, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Molecular phylogeny of Armillaria from the Patagonian Andes. Mycological Progress, 8, pp 181-194.

Grobbelaar JW, Aghayeva DN, de Beer ZW, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Delimitation of Ophiostoma quercus and its synonyms using multiple gene phylogenies. Mycological Progress, 8, pp 221-236.

Vasaitis R, Menkis A, Lim Y W, Seok S, Tomsovsky M, Jankovsky L, Lygis V, Slippers B, Stenlid J: 2009. Genetic variation and relationships in Laetiporus sulphureus s. lat., as determined by ITS rDNA sequences and in vitro growth rate. Mycological Research, 113, pp 326-336.

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Lombard L, Rodas CA, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Calonectria (Cylindrocladium)species associated with dyingPinuscuttings. Persoonia, 23, pp 41-47, Full Text

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Groenewald JZ: 2009. Niche sharing reflects a poorly understood biodiversity phenomenon. Persoonia, 22, pp 83-94, Full Text

Lombard L, Rodas CA, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Calonectria (Cylindrocladium) species assocated with dying Pinuscuttings. Persoonia, 23, pp 41-47, Full Text

Crous PW, Braun U, Wingfield MJ, Wood AR, Shin HD, Summerell BA, Alfenas AC, Cumagun CJR, Groenewald JZ: 2009. Phylogeny and taxonomy of obscure genera of microfungi. Persoonia, 22, pp 139-161, Full Text

Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Co-occurring species of TeratosphaeriaonEucalyptus. Persoonia, 22, pp 38-48, Full Text

Van Wyk M, Wingfield BD, Clegg PA, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Ceratocystis larium sp. nov., a new species fromStyrax benzoinwounds associated with incense harvesting in Indonesia. Persoonia, 22, pp 75-82, Full Text

Crous PW, Summerell BA, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ, Groenewald JZ: 2009. Novel species of Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae. Persoonia, 23, pp 119-146, Full Text

Zaayman D, Lapitan NLV, Botha AM: 2009. Dissimilar molecular defense responses are elicited in Triticum aestivum after infestation by differentDiuraphis noxiabiotypes. Physiologia Plantarum, 136, pp 209-222.

Perez G, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Finkenauer E, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Mycosphaerella leaf disease (MLD) outbreak on Eucalyptus globulus in Brazil caused by Teratosphaeria (Mycosphaerella) nubilosa. Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 48, pp 302-306.

Perez CA, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Altier NA, Blanchette RA: 2009. Neofusicoccum eucalyptorum a Eucalyptus pathogen, on native Myrtaceae in Uruguay. Plant Pathology, 58, pp 964-970.

Pegg GS, Webb RI, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ, Drenth A: 2009. Infection and disease development ofQuambalariaspp. on Corymbiaand Eucalyptusspecies. Plant Pathology, 58, pp 642-654.

Xu B, Woodroffe A, Rodriguez-Murillo L, Roos JL, van Rensburg EJ, Abecasis GR, Gogos JA, Karayiorgou M: 2009. Elucidating the genetic architecture of familial schizophrenia using rare copy number variant and linkage scans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106 (39) / Sep, pp 16746-16751.

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Coetzee V, Greeff JM, Barrett L, Henzi SP: 2009. Facial-based ethnic recognition: insights from two closely related but ethnically distinct groups. South African Journal of Science, 105 / Nov/Dec, pp 464-466, Full Text

Cholo MC, Anderson R, van Rensburg EJ: 2009. Potassium uptake systems of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Genomic and protein organisation and potential roles in microbial pathogenesis and chemotherapy. Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection, 24 (1), pp 13-16, Full Text

Roux J, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Ceratocystis species: emerging pathogens of non-native plantation Eucalyptus andAcacia species. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science, 71 (2), pp 115-120.

Slippers B, Burgess T, Pavlic D, Ahumada R, Maleme H, Mohali S, Rodas CA, Wingfield MJ: 2009. A diverse assemblage of Botryosphaeriaceae infect Eucalyptus in native and non-native environments. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science, 71 (2), pp 101-110.

Pegg GS, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ, Drenth A: 2009. Quambalaria species: increasing threat to eucalypt plantations in Australia. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science, 71 (2), pp 111-114.

Schoch CL, Crous PW, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Groenewald JZ, Boehm EWA, Burgess TI, de Gruyter J, de Hoog GS, Dixon LJ, Grube M, Gueidan C, Harada Y, Hatakeyama S, Hirayama K, Huhndorf SM, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Kohlmeyer J, Kruys A, Li YM, Lucking R, Lumbsch HT, Marvanova L, Mbatchou JS, McVay AH, Miller AN, Mugambi GK, Muggia L, Nelsen MP, Nelson P, Owensby CA, Phillips AJL, Phongpaichit S, Pointing SB, Pujade-Renaud V, Raja HA, Rivas Plata E, Robbertse B, Ruibal C, Sakayaroj J, Sano T, Shirouzu T, Selbmann L, Suetrong S, Shearer CA, Tanaka K, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B, Wood AR, Woudenberg JHC, Yonezawa H, Zhang Y, Spatafora JW: 2009. A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes. Studies in Mycology, 64, pp 1-15, Full Text

Schoch CL, Sung G-H, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M, Miadlikowska J, Hofstetter V, Robbertse B, Matheny JP, Kauff F, Wang Z, Gueidan C, Andrie RM, Trippe K, Ciufetti LM, Wynns A, Fraker E, Hodkinson BP, Bonito G, Groenewald JZ, Arzanlou M, de Hoog GS, Crous PW, Hewitt D, Pfister DH, Peterson K, Townsend JP, Lopez-Giraldez F, Aptroot A, Suh S-O, Blackwell M, Hillis DM, Griffith GW, Castlebury LA, Rossman AY, Lumbsch HT, Lucking R, Budel B, Rauhut A, Diederich P, Ertz D, Geiser DM, Hosaka K, Inderbitzin P, Kohlmeyer J, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B, Mostert L, Odonnell K, Sipman H, Rodgers JD, Shoemaker RA, Sugiyama J, Summerbell RC, Untereiner W, Johnston PR, Stenroos S, Zuccaro A, Dyer PS, Crittenden PD, Cole MS, Hansen K, Trappe JM, Yahr R, Lutzoni F, Spatafora JW: 2009. The Ascomycota tree of life: A phylum-wide phylogeny clarifies the origin and evolution of fundamental reproductive and ecological traits. Systematic Biology, 58 (2), pp 224-239.

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Lapitan NLV, Hess A, Cooper B, Botha AM, Badillo D, Iyer H, Menert J, Close T, Wright L, Hanning G, Tahir M, Lawrence C: 2009. Differentially expressed genes during malting and correlation with malting quality phenotypes in barley (Hordeam vulgareL.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 118, pp 937-952.

Aanen DK, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Biological pest control in beetle agriculture. Trends in Microbiolog, 17 (5), pp 179-182.