Cymon J. Cox

Biopython: freely available Python tools for computational molecular biology and bioinformatics (2009)

Cock, Peter J. A., Antao, Tiago, Chang, Jeffrey T., Chapman, Brad A., Cox, Cymon J., Dalke, Andrew, ...

Summary: The Biopython project is a mature open source international collaboration of volunteer developers, providing Python libraries for a wide range of bioinformatics problems. Biopython includes...

Phylogeny, Character Evolution, and Biogeography of the Gondwanic Moss Family Hypopterygiaceae (Bryophyta) (2008)

A. Jonathan Shaw, Ingo Holz, Cymon J. Cox, Bernard Goffinet

Phylogenetic relationships among the seven genera of the Hypopterygiaceae, represented by 14 of the 21 species recognized in the family, were reconstructed based on variation in nucleotide sequences...

Distribution and Phylogenetic Significance of the 71-kb Inversion in the Plastid Genome in Funariidae (Bryophyta) (2007)

Goffinet, Bernard, Wickett, Norman J., Werner, Olaf, Ros, Rosa Maria, Shaw, A. Jonathan, Cox, Cymon J.

Background and Aims The recent assembly of the complete sequence of the plastid genome of the model taxon Physcomitrella patens (Funariaceae, Bryophyta) revealed that a 71-kb fragment, encompassing...

Distribution and Phylogenetic Significance of the 71-kb Inversion in the Plastid Genome in Funariidae (Bryophyta) (2007)

Goffinet, Bernard, Wickett, Norman J., Werner, Olaf, Ros, Rosa Maria, Shaw, A. Jonathan, Cox, Cymon J.

Background and Aims The recent assembly of the complete sequence of the plastid genome of the model taxon Physcomitrella patens (Funariaceae, Bryophyta) revealed that a 71-kb fragment, encompassing...

Distribution and Phylogenetic Significance of the 71-kb Inversion in the Plastid Genome in Funariidae (Bryophyta) (2007)

Goffinet, Bernard, Wickett, Norman J., Werner, Olaf, Ros, Rosa Maria, Shaw, A. Jonathan, Cox, Cymon J.

Background and Aims The recent assembly of the complete sequence of the plastid genome of the model taxon Physcomitrella patens (Funariaceae, Bryophyta) revealed that a 71-kb fragment, encompassing...

Divergent and Reticulate Evolution in Closely Related Species of Sphagnum Section Subsecunda (2005)

A. Jonathan Shaw, Iwona Melosik, Cymon J. Cox, Sandra B. Boles

The Sphagnum subsecundum complex includes a group of closely related, morphologically intergrading species in section Subsecunda. Nucleotide sequences from six genes (four nuclear and two...

Phylogenetic Relationships Among Sphagnum Sections: Hemitheca, Isocladus, and Subsecunda (2004)

Jonathan Shaw, Cymon J. Cox, Sandra B. Boles

Sphagnum macrophyllum, S. pylaesii, and S. cyclophyllum are morphologically atypical in the genus Sphagnum and their systematic placement has been a source of controversy. The first is generally...

Phylogeny of the Moss Family Bryaceae Inferred from Chloroplast DNA Sequences and Morphology (2003)

Niklas Pedersen, Cymon J. Cox, Lars Hedenäs

Phylogenetic relationships within the moss family Bryaceae were studied using chloroplast DNA sequences (atpB-rbcL, rpl16 intron, rps4, and trnL-trnF region) and anatomical and morphological data....

A new species of Leskeodon (Daltoniaceae) from Ecuador (2002)

William R. Buck, A. Jonathan Shaw, Cymon J. Cox

Leskeodon caducifolius is described from recent collections made at a single site in a cloud forest in southern Ecuador. The species is distinctive in its small, caducous leaves and elongate, porose...

The Bryophyta (Mosses): Systematic and Evolutionary Inferences from an rps4 Gene (cpDNA) Phylogeny (2001)

Goffinet, Bernard, Cox, Cymon J., Shaw, A. Jonathan, Hedderson, Terry A. J.

Phylogenetic analyses of nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the chloroplast protein coding generps4 were performed for 225 species of mosses, representing 84% of families recognized by...

Evolution of the Major Moss Lineages: Phylogenetic Analyses Based on Multiple Gene Sequences and Morphology (2000)

Angela E. Newton, Cymon J. Cox, Jeffrey G. Duckett, John A. Wheeler, Bernard Goffinet, ...

Evolutionary relationships of mosses are still poorly understood, with family, order, and subclass circumscription and relationships remaining especially obscure. Over the past decade, a considerable...

Phylogenetic Relationships Among Basal-most Arthrodontous Mosses with Special Emphasis on the Evolutionary Significance of the Funariineae (2000)

Bernard Goffinet, Cymon J. Cox

The classification of the Bryopsida (mosses) has been based primarily on the variation of sporophytic characters i.e., architectural features of the peristome teeth that line the capsule mouth. Five...

Phylogenetic Relationships Among the Diplolepideous-alternate Mosses (Bryidae) Inferred from Nuclear and Chloroplast DNA Sequences (2000)

Cymon J. Cox, Bernard Goffinet, Angela E. Newton, A. Jonathan Shaw

The diplolepideous-alternate peristome, when most highly developed, has endostome segments attached to a basal membrane and positioned alternate to the outer exostome teeth, with cilia often present...

Phylogeny and Evolution of Medical Species of Candida and Related Taxa: a Multigenic Analysis

Diezmann, Stephanie, Cox, Cymon J., Schönian, Gabriele, Vilgalys, Rytas J., Mitchell, Thomas G.

Hemiascomycetes are species of yeasts within the order Saccharomycetales. The order encompasses disparate genera with a variety of life styles, including opportunistic human pathogens (e.g., Candida...

Phylogeny and Evolution of Medical Species of Candida and Related Taxa: a Multigenic Analysis

Diezmann, Stephanie, Cox, Cymon J., Schönian, Gabriele, Vilgalys, Rytas J., Mitchell, Thomas G.

Hemiascomycetes are species of yeasts within the order Saccharomycetales. The order encompasses disparate genera with a variety of life styles, including opportunistic human pathogens (e.g., Candida...

Biopython: freely available Python tools for computational molecular biology and bioinformatics

Cock, Peter J. A., Antao, Tiago, Chang, Jeffrey T., Chapman, Brad A., Cox, Cymon J., Dalke, Andrew, ...

Summary: The Biopython project is a mature open source international collaboration of volunteer developers, providing Python libraries for a wide range of bioinformatics problems. Biopython includes...

The archaebacterial origin of eukaryotes

Cox, Cymon J., Foster, Peter G., Hirt, Robert P., Harris, Simon R., Embley, T. Martin

The origin of the eukaryotic genetic apparatus is thought to be central to understanding the evolution of the eukaryotic cell. Disagreement about the source of the relevant genes has spawned...