Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in tropical forage Stylosanthes capitata Vogel.

abstract：:Streamlining the development and genotyping of microsatellites in species for which no genetic information is available represents an important technical challenge to overcome in order to enable mainstream application of state-of-the-art population genetic analysis techniques in nonmodel organisms. Using the example o...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Lepais O,Bacles CF

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimation of demographic history from nucleotide sequences represents an important component of many studies in molecular ecology. For example, knowledge of a population's history can allow us to test hypotheses about the impact of climatic and anthropogenic factors. In the past, demographic analysis was typically li...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Ho SY,Shapiro B

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female Drosophila melanogaster frequently mate with multiple males in nature as shown through parentage analysis. Although polyandry is well documented, we know little about the timing between mating events in wild Drosophila populations due to the challenge of following behaviours of individual females. In this study...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Giardina TJ,Clark AG,Fiumera AC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interbreeding of individuals coming from genetically differentiated but incompletely isolated populations can lead to the formation of admixed populations, having important implications in ecology and evolution. In this simulation study, we evaluate how individual admixture proportions estimated by the software st...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Toyama KS,Crochet PA,Leblois R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The construction of microsatellite-enriched libraries is an indispensable tool to search for molecular markers as complete genome sequences are still not available for the majority of species of interest. Numerous protocols are available in the literature for the construction of these libraries; however, sometimes the...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Techen N,Arias RS,Glynn NC,Pan Z,Khan IA,Scheffler BE

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested for cross-species amplification of microsatellite loci located throughout the domestic sheep (Ovis aries) genome in two north American mountain ungulates (bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis, and mountain goats, Oreamnos americanus). We identified 247 new polymorphic markers in bighorn sheep (≥ 3 alleles in one o...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Poissant J,Shafer AB,Davis CS,Mainguy J,Hogg JT,Côté SD,Coltman DW

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction-site-associated DNA tag (RAD-tag) sequencing has become a popular approach to generate thousands of SNPs used to address diverse questions in population genomics. Comparatively, the suitability of RAD-tag genotyping to address evolutionary questions across divergent species has been the subject of only a f...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Viricel A,Pante E,Dabin W,Simon-Bouhet B

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) derived from expressed sequence tags (ESTs) are valuable markers because they represent transcribed regions and often transferable to related taxa. Here, we report the development and characterization of EST-SSRs from Shorea leprosula. Fifty-four sequences containing SSRs were identified...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Ng KK,Lee SL,Tsumura Y,Ueno S,Ng CH,Lee CT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many plants and some animal species are polyploids. Nondisomically inherited markers (e.g. microsatellites) in such species cannot be analysed directly by standard population genetics methods developed for diploid species. One solution is to transform the polyploid codominant genotypes to pseudodiploid-dominant genoty...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Wang J,Scribner KT

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsatellite genotyping of hair and faeces using standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR) resulted in low success rates and high error rates in a 2003-2004 pilot study using noninvasive genetic sampling for the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Italian Alps. Thus, we evaluated the performance of multiplex pre-amplifi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： DE Barba M,Waits LP

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the characterization of eight microsatellite markers in the big-headed ant Pheidole megacephala, a pest ant registered in the list of '100 of the world's worst invasive alien species'. An enrichment protocol was used to isolate microsatellite loci, and polymorphism was explored with 36 individuals collected ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Fournier D,Dubois D,Aron S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The public availability of large quantities of gene sequence data provides a valuable resource of the mining of Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) molecular genetic markers for genetic analysis. These markers are inexpensive, require minimal labour to produce and can frequently be associated with functionally annotated gene...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Duran C,Singhania R,Raman H,Batley J,Edwards D

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput sequencing (HTS) is revolutionizing biological research by enabling scientists to quickly and cheaply query variation at a genomic scale. Despite the increasing ease of obtaining such data, using these data effectively still poses notable challenges, especially for those working with organisms without ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Singhal S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of phylogeographic studies make comparative inferences about the histories of co-distributed species. Although the aims of such studies are best achieved by jointly analysing sequences from multiple loci in a model-based framework, such data currently exist for few nonmodel systems. We used existing...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Lohse K,Sharanowski B,Blaxter M,Nicholls JA,Stone GN

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic data sets are increasingly central to ecological and evolutionary biology, but far fewer resources are available for invertebrates. Powerful new computational tools and the rapidly decreasing cost of Illumina sequencing are beginning to change this, enabling rapid genome assembly and reference marker extractio...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Sun X,Ding Y,Orr MC,Zhang F

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introgression can be an important evolutionary force but it can also lead to species extinction and as such is a crucial issue for species conservation. However, introgression is difficult to detect, morphologically as well as genetically. Hybridization with domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) is a major concern fo...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Nussberger B,Greminger MP,Grossen C,Keller LF,Wandeler P

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sea urchin Arbacia lixula is a keystone species in Mediterranean ecosystems that drive landscape changes in littoral communities. However, genomic information available for the whole order Arbacioida is very limited. Using RNA-seq techniques, we have characterized the transcriptome of four different tissue types i...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Pérez-Portela R,Turon X,Riesgo A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizoprionodon lalandii and R. porosus are widely distributed along the Atlantic coast of the Americas, living close to coastal areas and therefore frequently captured by seaboard fisheries. However, morphological identification of species in this genus is very difficult, especially when sharks have their heads and fi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Mendonça FF,Hashimoto DT,Porto-Foresti F,Oliveira C,Gadig OB,Foresti F

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA extraction from minute hymenopterans and their larvae is difficult and challenging because of their small size indicating a low amount of starting material. Hence, 11 DNA extraction methods were compared to determine their efficacy in isolating DNA. Success of each method was scored on a 2% agarose gel after PCR o...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Dittrich-Schröder G,Wingfield MJ,Klein H,Slippers B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asian arowana or dragonfish (Scleropages formosus) is an important fish species due to its unusual breeding biology and high economic value in the ornamental fish markets. In the present study, we aimed to (i) create the first transcriptome by Roche 454 pyrosequencing of Asian arowana brain and gonad samples; (ii) ide...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Shen XY,Kwan HY,Thevasagayam NM,Prakki SR,Kuznetsova IS,Ngoh SY,Lim Z,Feng F,Chang A,Orbán L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic stock identification (GSI) is an important tool in fisheries management. Microsatellites (μSATs) have been the dominant genetic marker for GSI; however, increasing availability and numerous advantages of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers make them an appealing alternative. We tested performance of 1...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Hess JE,Matala AP,Narum SR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of dominant markers such as amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) for population genetics analyses is often impeded by the lack of appropriate computer programs and rarely motivated by objective considerations. The point of the present note is twofold: (i) we describe how the computer program Geneland ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Guillot G,Santos F

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the development of 10 polymorphic molecular markers containing short tandem repeats in the cosmopolitan reef-building coral, Pocillopora damicornis, an important model species for coral health, physiology, ecology, and genetics. The availability of polymorphic DNA markers in P. damicornis can act as impetus ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Starger CJ,Yeoh SS,Dai CF,Baker AC,Desalle R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article documents the addition of 153 microsatellite marker loci to the Molecular Ecology Resources Database. Loci were developed for the following species: Brassica oleracea, Brycon amazonicus, Dimorphandra wilsonii, Eupallasella percnurus, Helleborus foetidus, Ipomoea purpurea, Phrynops geoffroanus, Prochilodus...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium.,Aksoy S,Almeida-Val VM,Azevedo VC,Baucom R,Bazaga P,Beheregaray LB,Bennetzen JL,Brassaloti RA,Burgess TI,Caccone A,Chang SM,Ciampi AY,Ciancaleoni S,Clímaco GT,Cloue

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brushtail possum is a major agricultural and ecological pest in New Zealand. A novel noninvasive DNA sampling tool for detecting its presence (WaxTags, or WT) was tested. DNA was recovered from saliva left on WT, and two lengths (407 bp and 648 bp) of the cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) barcoding region were amplifie...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Vargas ML,Cruickshank RH,Ross JG,Holyoake AJ,Ogilvie SC,Paterson AM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize microbiomes and other ecological assemblages, ecologists routinely sequence and compare loci that differ among focal taxa. Counts of these sequences convey information regarding the occurrence and relative abundances of taxa, but provide no direct measure of their absolute abundances, due to the techni...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Harrison JG,John Calder W,Shuman B,Alex Buerkle C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the isolation and characterization of 11 polymorphic microsatellites from a sand smelt (Atherina boyeri) genomic library. Enrichment was performed with di-, tri- and tetranucleotide motifs following the FIASCO procedure (fast isolation by AFLP of sequences containing repeats). All loci were found to...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Milana V,Sola L,Rossi AR,Barbisan F,Congiu L

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA barcodes are useful tools to identify and discover new species in a wide range of taxa. Here, we report the first barcode study of monogonont rotifers from fresh and brackish waters in Mexico, and discuss the taxonomic implications of this work. We used DNA barcodes based on the sequence of cytochrome oxidase I to...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： García-Morales AE,Elías-Gutiérrez M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four simple sequence repeat markers were developed for Phakopsora pachyrhizi, a fungal pathogen of soybean (Glycine max) and other legumes. All 24 of the loci were evaluated on 28 isolates of P. pachyrhizi. Twenty-one loci were polymorphic, with allelic diversity ranging from two to eight alleles, and null alle...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Anderson SJ,Stone CL,Posada-Buitrago ML,Boore JL,Neelam BA,Stephens RM,Luster DG,Frederick RD,Pedley KF

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptation to different ecological environments can promote speciation. Although numerous examples of such 'ecological speciation' now exist, the genomic basis of the process, and the role of gene flow in it, remains less understood. This is, at least in part, because systems that are well characterized in terms of th...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Comeault AA,Sommers M,Schwander T,Buerkle CA,Farkas TE,Nosil P,Parchman TL

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00