Chloroquine-Resistant Haplotype Plasmodium falciparum Parasites, Haiti

Chloroquine resistance is now present in this country

Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome

The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers ∼99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of ∼1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead

Estimating species richness and catch per unit effort from boat electro-fishing in a lowland river in temperate Australia

Abstract Biodiversity estimates are typically a function of sampling effort and in this regard it is important to develop an understanding of taxon-specific sampling requirements. Northern hemisphere studies have shown that estimates of riverine fish diversity are related to sampling effort, but such studies are lacking in the southern hemisphere. We used a dataset obtained from boat electro-fishing the fish community along an essentially continuous 13-km reach of the Murrumbidgee River, Australia, to investigate sampling effort effects on fish diversity estimates. This represents the first attempt to investigate relationships between sampling effort and the detection of fish species in a large lowland river in Australia. Seven species were recorded. Species-specific patterns in catch per unit effort were evident and are discussed in terms of solitary and gregarious species, recreational fishing and the monitoring of rare and threatened species. There was a requirement to sample substantial lengths of river to describe total species richness of the fish community in this river reach. To this end, randomly allocated sampling effort and use of species richness estimators produced accurate estimates of species richness without the requirement for excessive levels of effort. Twenty operations were required to estimate species richness at this site, highlighting the need for comparable studies of river fish communities in lowland rivers elsewhere in Australia and the southern hemisphere

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Combined hourly acceleration values of Murray cod (<i>Maccullochella peelii</i>; n = 18) for each calendar month of the study.

<p>Data are represented as median, 25^th and 75^th percentiles (box) and 5^th and 95^th percentiles (whisker).</p

Summary information on individual Murray cod (<i>Maccullochella peelii</i>) fitted with accelerometer acoustic telemetry tags and monitored from January–June 2016.

<p>Summary information on individual Murray cod (<i>Maccullochella peelii</i>) fitted with accelerometer acoustic telemetry tags and monitored from January–June 2016.</p

Frequency histogram of Murray cod (<i>Maccullochella peelii</i>) acceleration values measured during the study.

<p>Frequency histogram of Murray cod (<i>Maccullochella peelii</i>) acceleration values measured during the study.</p

Location of the acoustic receiver array on the Wakool River and Yallakool Creek, south-eastern Australia, used to monitor locomotor activity of acoustically tagged Murray cod (<i>Maccullochella peelii</i>).

<p>Location of the acoustic receiver array on the Wakool River and Yallakool Creek, south-eastern Australia, used to monitor locomotor activity of acoustically tagged Murray cod (<i>Maccullochella peelii</i>).</p

Abiotic drivers of activity in a large, free-ranging, freshwater teleost, Murray cod (<i>Maccullochella peelii</i>) - Fig 5

<p>GAMM smoothing curve indicating relative activity patterns of Murray cod (<i>Maccullochella peelii</i>) (on <i>y</i>-axis, note that these are a unitless, relative measure of the dependent variable) for partial effects of photosynthetically active radiation (a.; PAR, a continuous variable reflecting light intensity), water temperature (b.), and river discharge (c.). Dashed lines are 95% confidence intervals.</p