Published in PLoS One on November 05, 2008
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Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses. Science (2005) 13.44
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Rise and fall of the Beringian steppe bison. Science (2004) 7.91
Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo. Nature (2010) 7.51
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West Nile virus epidemics in North America are driven by shifts in mosquito feeding behavior. PLoS Biol (2006) 4.46
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Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse. Nature (2013) 3.45
Prediction and prevention of the next pandemic zoonosis. Lancet (2012) 3.44
Ancient DNA reveals lack of continuity between neolithic hunter-gatherers and contemporary Scandinavians. Curr Biol (2009) 3.42
Isolation and characterization of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor. Nature (2013) 3.27
Mitochondrial genomes reveal an explosive radiation of extinct and extant bears near the Miocene-Pliocene boundary. BMC Evol Biol (2008) 3.21
Bushmeat hunting, deforestation, and prediction of zoonoses emergence. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 2.93
West Nile virus risk assessment and the bridge vector paradigm. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 2.88
Whole-genome shotgun sequencing of mitochondria from ancient hair shafts. Science (2007) 2.85
Genomic affinities of two 7,000-year-old Iberian hunter-gatherers. Curr Biol (2012) 2.67
Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans. Nature (2011) 2.60
Oil palm genome sequence reveals divergence of interfertile species in Old and New worlds. Nature (2013) 2.58
Reproduction and nutritional stress are risk factors for Hendra virus infection in little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus). Proc Biol Sci (2008) 2.55
Concatenated analysis sheds light on early metazoan evolution and fuels a modern "urmetazoon" hypothesis. PLoS Biol (2009) 2.55
The ecology and impact of chytridiomycosis: an emerging disease of amphibians. Trends Ecol Evol (2009) 2.50
Complete mitochondrial genome phylogeographic analysis of killer whales (Orcinus orca) indicates multiple species. Genome Res (2010) 2.50
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Ecology. Reducing the risks of the wildlife trade. Science (2009) 2.42
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The mitochondrial genome sequence of the Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus). Genome Res (2009) 2.30
Glacial survival of boreal trees in northern Scandinavia. Science (2012) 2.28
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Assessing the fidelity of ancient DNA sequences amplified from nuclear genes. Genetics (2005) 2.21
Paleo-Eskimo mtDNA genome reveals matrilineal discontinuity in Greenland. Science (2008) 2.19
Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 domain cassettes 8 and 13 are associated with severe malaria in children. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 2.17
Pre-Clovis mastodon hunting 13,800 years ago at the Manis site, Washington. Science (2011) 2.11
Ancient DNA reveals late survival of mammoth and horse in interior Alaska. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 2.10
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The Widespread Colonization Island of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. Nat Genet (2003) 1.92
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Agricultural intensification, priming for persistence and the emergence of Nipah virus: a lethal bat-borne zoonosis. J R Soc Interface (2011) 1.89
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An automated phylogenetic key for classifying homeoboxes. Mol Phylogenet Evol (2002) 1.85
Critical review of host specificity and its coevolutionary implications in the fig/fig-wasp mutualism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.84
Risk of importing zoonotic diseases through wildlife trade, United States. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.83
The genetic origins of the Andaman Islanders. Am J Hum Genet (2002) 1.82
Combined support for wholesale taxic atavism in gavialine crocodylians. Syst Biol (2003) 1.82
Nipah virus: impact, origins, and causes of emergence. Curr Infect Dis Rep (2006) 1.82
Ancient bacteria show evidence of DNA repair. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.81
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Pteropid bats are confirmed as the reservoir hosts of henipaviruses: a comprehensive experimental study of virus transmission. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2011) 1.80
Comprehensive analysis of human endogenous retrovirus transcriptional activity in human tissues with a retrovirus-specific microarray. J Virol (2005) 1.76
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Proteomic analysis of a pleistocene mammoth femur reveals more than one hundred ancient bone proteins. J Proteome Res (2011) 1.62
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Ancient DNA analyses exclude humans as the driving force behind late Pleistocene musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) population dynamics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.55
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The real maccoyii: identifying tuna sushi with DNA barcodes--contrasting characteristic attributes and genetic distances. PLoS One (2009) 1.52
One hundred twenty years of koala retrovirus evolution determined from museum skins. Mol Biol Evol (2012) 1.51
Investigating the potential use of environmental DNA (eDNA) for genetic monitoring of marine mammals. PLoS One (2012) 1.51
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Herbarium specimens reveal a historical shift in phylogeographic structure of common ragweed during native range disturbance. Mol Ecol (2014) 1.48