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  Dani KGS, Jamie IM, Prentice IC, Atwell BJet al., 2014,

  Evolution of isoprene emission capacity in plants

  , TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE, Vol: 19, Pages: 439-446, ISSN: 1360-1385
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  • Citations: 43
• Journal article
  Moreno-Letelier A, Mastretta-Yanes A, Barraclough TG, 2014,

  Late Miocene lineage divergence and ecological differentiation of rare endemic <i>Juniperus blancoi</i>: clues for the diversification of North American conifers

  , NEW PHYTOLOGIST, Vol: 203, Pages: 335-347, ISSN: 0028-646X
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  • Citations: 22
• Journal article
  Burt A, 2014,

  Heritable strategies for controlling insect vectors of disease

  , PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, Vol: 369, ISSN: 0962-8436
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  • Citations: 139
• Journal article
  Galizi R, Doyle LA, Menichelli M, Bernardini F, Deredec A, Burt A, Stoddard BL, Windbichler N, Crisanti Aet al., 2014,

  A synthetic sex ratio distortion system for the control of the human malaria mosquito

  , Nature Communications, Vol: 5, ISSN: 2041-1723

  It has been theorized that inducing extreme reproductive sex ratios could be a method to suppress or eliminate pest populations. Limited knowledge about the genetic makeup and mode of action of naturally occurring sex distorters and the prevalence of co-evolving suppressors has hampered their use for control. Here we generate a synthetic sex distortion system by exploiting the specificity of the homing endonuclease I-PpoI, which is able to selectively cleave ribosomal gene sequences of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae that are located exclusively on the mosquito’s X chromosome. We combine structure-based protein engineering and molecular genetics to restrict the activity of the potentially toxic endonuclease to spermatogenesis. Shredding of the paternal X chromosome prevents it from being transmitted to the next generation, resulting in fully fertile mosquito strains that produce >95% male offspring. We demonstrate that distorter male mosquitoes can efficiently suppress caged wild-type mosquito populations, providing the foundation for a new class of genetic vector control strategies.

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• Journal article
  Hoshino E, Milner-Gulland EJ, Hillary RM, 2014,

  Why model assumptions matter for natural resource management: interactions between model structure and life histories in fishery models

  , JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY, Vol: 51, Pages: 632-641, ISSN: 0021-8901
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  • Citations: 8
• Journal article
  Bull JW, Gordon A, Law EA, Suttle KB, Milner-Gulland EJet al., 2014,

  Importance of Baseline Specification in Evaluating Conservation Interventions and Achieving No Net Loss of Biodiversity

  , CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, Vol: 28, Pages: 799-809, ISSN: 0888-8892
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  • Citations: 99
• Journal article
  Humphreys AM, Barraclough TG, 2014,

  The evolutionary reality of higher taxa in mammals

  , PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, Vol: 281, ISSN: 0962-8452
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  • Citations: 55
• Journal article
  Frost GS, Walton GE, Swann JR, Psichas A, Costabile A, Johnson LP, Sponheimer M, Gibson GR, Barraclough TGet al., 2014,

  Impacts of Plant-Based Foods in Ancestral Hominin Diets on the Metabolism and Function of Gut Microbiota In Vitro

  , mBio, Vol: 5, ISSN: 2161-2129
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  Garcia RA, Cabeza M, Rahbek C, Araujo MBet al., 2014,

  Multiple Dimensions of Climate Change and Their Implications for Biodiversity

  , SCIENCE, Vol: 344, Pages: 486-+, ISSN: 0036-8075
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  • Citations: 442
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  Zaehle S, Medlyn BE, De Kauwe MG, Walker AP, Dietze MC, Hickler T, Luo Y, Wang Y-P, El-Masri B, Thornton P, Jain A, Wang S, Warlind D, Weng E, Parton W, Iversen CM, Gallet-Budynek A, McCarthy H, Finzi AC, Hanson PJ, Prentice IC, Oren R, Norby RJet al., 2014,

  Evaluation of 11 terrestrial carbon-nitrogen cycle models against observations from two temperate Free-Air CO₂ Enrichment studies

  , NEW PHYTOLOGIST, Vol: 202, Pages: 803-822, ISSN: 0028-646X
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  • Citations: 290

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