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Ancestral role of Pax2/5/8 in molluscan brain and multimodal sensory system development
(BioMed Central, 2015-10-28)Background Mollusks represent the largest lophotrochozoan phylum and exhibit highly diverse body plans. Previous studies have demonstrated that transcription factors such as Pax genes play important roles during their ...Journal article -
Aplacophoran mollusks evolved from ancestors with polyplacophoran-like features
(Elsevier, 2013-11-04)Mollusca is an animal phylum with vast morphological diversity and includes worm-shaped aplacophorans, snails, bivalves, and the complex cephalopods [1]. The interrelationships of these class-level taxa are still contentious ...Journal article -
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Biodiversity, ecology, and behavior of the recently discovered insect order Mantophasmatodea
(BioMed Central, 2014-10-10)The spectacular discovery of the new insect order Mantophasmatodea in 2002 was immediately followed by detailed studies on morphology and scattered information on different aspects of its behavior and general biology. A ...Journal article -
Biogeography of jellyfish in the North Atlantic, by traditional and genomic methods
(Copernicus Publications, 2015-07-15)Scientific debate on whether or not the recent increase in reports of jellyfish outbreaks represents a true rise in their abundance has outlined a lack of reliable records of Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Here we describe ...Journal article -
Bulk de novo mitogenome assembly from pooled total DNA elucidates the phylogeny of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)
(Oxford University Press, 2014)Complete mitochondrial genomes have been shown to be reliable markers for phylogeny reconstruction among diverse animal groups. However, the relative difficulty and high cost associated with obtaining de novo full mitogenomes ...Journal article -
Classification of Weevils as a data-driven science: leaving opinion behind
(Pensoft, 2014-09-08)Data and explicit taxonomic ranking criteria, which minimize taxonomic change, provide a scientific approach to modern taxonomy and classification. However, traditional practices of opinion-based taxonomy (i.e., mid-20th ...Journal article -
The complete mitochondrial genome of Scutopus ventrolineatus (Mollusca: Chaetodermomorpha) supports the Aculifera hypothesis
(BioMed Central, 2014-09-25)Background: With more than 100000 living species, mollusks are the second most diverse metazoan phylum. The current taxonomic classification of mollusks recognizes eight classes (Neomeniomorpha, Chaetodermomorpha, ...Journal article -
Contribution to the prehistory at Røst, Lofoten, North Norway, a multiproxy palaeoecological approach
(Dagfinn Moe, The natural historical collection, University of Bergen, 2016)Archaeological, osteological and palynological data are presented and give evidence for use of the marginal and exposed archipelago Røst from the Neolithic onwards. Small sea level changes have affected the settled ...Journal article -
Deep phylogenetic divergence between Scolytoplatypus and Remansus, a new genus of Scolytoplatypodini from Madagascar (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
(Pensoft, 2013)Scolytoplatypodini Blandford is a monotypic tribe of ambrosia beetles found in Asia, Madagascar and Africa. Only three species are currently known from Madagascar and four additional species are here described as new to ...Journal article -
Development of the nervous system in Solenogastres (Mollusca) reveals putative ancestral spiralian features
(BioMed Central, 2014-12-24)Background: The Solenogastres (or Neomeniomorpha) are a taxon of aplacophoran molluscs with contentious phylogenetic placement. Since available developmental data on non-conchiferan (that is, aculiferan) molluscs mainly ...Journal article -
Diet preferences of the Aglajidae: a family of cephalaspidean gastropod predators on tropical and temperate shores
(Cambridge University Press, 2015)Aglajidae is a family of tropical and temperate marine Cephalaspidea gastropod slugs regarded as active predators. In order to better understand their food habits and trophic interactions, we have studied the diet of all ...Journal article -
Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2015-01-19)The larvae of the Old World genera Leucinodes Guenée, 1854 and Sceliodes Guenée, 1854 are internal feeders in the fruits of Solanaceae, causing economic damage to cultivated plants like Solanum melongena and ...Journal article -
Diversity and systematics of Haminoeidae gastropods (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) in the tropical West Pacific Ocean: New data on the genera Aliculastrum, Atys, Diniatys and Liloa
(Magnolia Press, 2014)Four genera of Haminoeidae gastropods inhabiting the tropical West Pacific (Aliculastrum, Atys, Diniatys, and Liloa) were studied based on the combined analyses of live animals, external morphology, anatomy and shells ...Journal article -
Effects of Management on Heathland Vegetation in Western Norway
(The University of Bergen, 2009-03-31)Aims: This synthesis of studies examines the effects of anthropogenic disturbance regimes; the traditional management practices of livestock grazing and prescribed burning, on vegetation and seed banks in coastal heathlands ...Doctoral thesis -
Exploitation of outfield resources – Joint Research at the University Museums of Norway
(University Museum of Bergen, 2015)Book -
Falcidens sagittiferus Salvini-Plawen, 1968: additional data on morphology and distribution (Mollusca, Aplacophora, Caudofoveata)
(Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2009)Falcidens sagittiferus Salvini-Plawen, 1968 is a species of caudofoveate (Chaetodermomorpha) not uncommon in southern Scandinavia. Previous descriptions have however been based mainly on fixed material, and illustrations ...Journal article -
Few, but useful garden plants known from Norwegian summer-farms
(Edipuglia, 2009)Opplysninger om bruk av hageplanter på norske setre er vanskelig å finne i norsk litteratur. Basert på herbariebelegg og feltnotater har det vært mulig å legge frem en oversikt. I tillegg til presset materiale, er det ...Peer reviewedChapter -
From complex to simple: myogenesis in an aplacophoran mollusk reveals key traits in aculiferan evolution
(BioMed Central, 2015-09-18)Background Recent studies suggest a bifurcation at the base of Mollusca, resulting in the primarily single-shelled Conchifera (Bivalvia, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, Monoplacophora, Cephalopoda) and the spicule-bearing Aculifera ...Journal article -
From deciduous forest to open landscape: application of new approaches to help understand cultural landscape development in western Norway
(Springer, 2015-06-17)Development of the cultural landscape in a village situated by the inner fjords of western Norway is investigated by pollen analysis and quantitative reconstruction methods. Pollen samples from lake sediments and a soil ...Journal article
