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Adam H Sparks

- Verified email at curtin.edu.au - Cited by 2041

Alison Sparks

- Verified email at amherst.edu - Cited by 1576

Aaron M. Sparks

- Verified email at uidaho.edu - Cited by 711

Satellite remote sensing of active fires: History and current status, applications and future requirements

…, JM Johnston, L Ellison, K Vadrevu, AM Sparks… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Landscape fire is a widespread, somewhat unpredictable phenomena that plays an important
part in Earth's biogeochemical cycling. In many biomes worldwide fire also provides …

Difference or disorder? Cultural issues in understanding neurodevelopmental disorders.

CF Norbury, A Sparks - Developmental psychology, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Developmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder and specific language impairment,
are biologically based disorders that currently rely on behaviorally defined criteria for …

Complexity in climate‐change impacts: an analytical framework for effects mediated by plant disease

…, GA Forbes, S Savary, P Skelsey, AH Sparks… - Plant …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The impacts of climate change on ecosystem services are complex in the sense that effective
prediction requires consideration of a wide range of factors. Useful analysis of climate‐…

Genetic population structure of migratory moths: the fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

…, SJ Johnson, AN Sparks - Annals of the …, 1985 - academic.oup.com
Populations of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith), were characterized
genetically using electrophoretic methods to determine patterns of interbreeding, and to identify …

The genomic landscapes of human breast and colorectal cancers

…, CL Pethiyagoda, PVK Pant, DG Ballinger, AB Sparks… - Science, 2007 - science.org
Human cancer is caused by the accumulation of mutations in oncogenes and tumor suppressor
genes. To catalog the genetic changes that occur during tumorigenesis, we isolated …

Activation of β-catenin-Tcf signaling in colon cancer by mutations in β-catenin or APC

PJ Morin, AB Sparks, V Korinek, N Barker, H Clevers… - Science, 1997 - science.org
Inactivation of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor gene initiates
colorectal neoplasia. One of the biochemical activities associated with the APC protein is down-…

Human genome sequencing using unchained base reads on self-assembling DNA nanoarrays

R Drmanac, AB Sparks, MJ Callow, AL Halpern… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Genome sequencing of large numbers of individuals promises to advance the understanding,
treatment, and prevention of human diseases, among other applications. We describe a …

Mutational analysis of the APC/β-catenin/Tcf pathway in colorectal cancer

AB Sparks, PJ Morin, B Vogelstein, KW Kinzler - Cancer research, 1998 - AACR
Mutation of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor gene initiates the majority
of colorectal (CR) cancers. One consequence of this inactivation is constitutive activation …

Sex pheromone of the fall armyworm moth: Isolation, identification, and synthesis

AA Sekul, AN Sparks - Journal of Economic Entomology, 1967 - academic.oup.com
The sex pheromone of the female fall armyworm. Spodoptera furgiperda (JE Smith), was
isolated and identified as cis-9-tetradecen-1-ol acetate. The chemical structure was verified …

Using the transcriptome to annotate the genome

S Saha, AB Sparks, C Rago, V Akmaev, CJ Wang… - Nature …, 2002 - nature.com
A remaining challenge for the human genome project involves the identification and
annotation of expressed genes. The public and private sequencing efforts have identified ∼15,000 …