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The article "Total evidence analysis and body size evolution of extant and extinct tortoises (Testudines: Cryptodira: Pan-Testudinidae" has been featured on Phys.Org. 

The article "Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target-gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb-weaving spiders with a new family-rank classification (Araneae, Araneoidea)" has been featured on BBC News.  

The article "The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analysis from an extensive taxon sampling" has been featured on Phys.Org. 

New Research Article on ‘Supramap’, an application that can track pathogens as they evolve

The article “The Supramap project: linking pathogen genomes with geography to fight emergent infectious diseases” by D. A. Janies  et al. was published in February 2011 in Cladistics, and covers the new application, Supramap. This application integrates the genetic sequence of pathogens with geographic information in order to track the spread of a disease amongst various hosts and to follow the emergence of key mutations across both time and space.

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Harnessing the Web and supercomputers to track pathogens as they evolve’ here and the extensive coverage in the press below:

CNet News: Supramap helps track pathogens as they evolve

Scientific Computing: Tracking Pathogens in Real Time

American Museum of Natural History: Tracking Pathogens in Real Time to Stop Outbreaks

Medical News Today: New Tool Harnesses The Web And Supercomputers To Track Pathogens As They Evolve

Science Daily: Harnessing the Web and Supercomputers to Track Pathogens as They Evolve

Physorg: Harnessing the Web and supercomputers to track pathogens as they evolve