The potential of distance-based thresholds and character-based DNA barcoding for defining problematic taxonomic entities by CO1 and ND1.

abstract：:Mosquitoes belonging to the Culex pipiens complex are primary vectors for diseases such as West Nile encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis, many arboviruses, as well as lymphatic filariases. Despite sharing physiological characteristics, each mosquito species within the Culex complex has unique behavioural and rep...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Kang D,Sim C

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic technologies continue to shed light on important ecological and evolutionary questions. Nonetheless, these new tools are applied disproportionately in a small fraction of global biodiversity, partly because of technical challenges to studying highly diverse taxa that occur in low abundances in an environment (...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Cassin-Sackett L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present 25 polymorphic microsatellite loci for Intsia palembanica, a highly valued timber species in the Indo-Malayan region, Australia and western Pacific islands. Microsatellite loci were tested for polymorphism across a total of 76 individuals from three natural populations from Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The averag...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Wong KN,Tan WL,Chew FT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the biogeography of host-parasitoid interactions are scarce, mainly because of technical difficulties associated with rearing and species identification. DNA barcoding is increasingly recognized as a valuable tool for taxon identification, allowing to link different life history stages of a species. We eval...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Santos AM,Besnard G,Quicke DL

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) fingerprint data are now commonly collected using DNA sequencers. AFLP genotypes are still often scored by eye from such data - a time-consuming, error-prone and subjective process. We present a semi-automated method of genotyping sequencer-collected AFLPs at predefined fr...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Whitlock R,Hipperson H,Mannarelli M,Butlin RK,Burke T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Archived specimens are highly valuable sources of DNA for retrospective genetic/genomic analysis. However, often limited effort has been made to evaluate and optimize extraction methods, which may be crucial for downstream applications. Here, we assessed and optimized the usefulness of abundant archived skeletal mater...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Nielsen EE,Morgan JAT,Maher SL,Edson J,Gauthier M,Pepperell J,Holmes BJ,Bennett MB,Ovenden JR

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of assessing spatial data at multiple scales when modelling species-environment relationships has been highlighted by several empirical studies. However, no landscape genetics studies have optimized landscape resistance surfaces by evaluating relevant spatial predictors at multiple spatial scales. Here,...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Winiarski KJ,Peterman WE,Whiteley AR,McGarigal K

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:DNA microarrays are a popular technique for the detection of microorganisms. Several approaches using specific oligomers targeting one or a few marker genes for each species have been proposed. Data analysis is usually limited to call a species present when its oligomer exceeds a certain intensity threshold. While thi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Engelmann JC,Rahmann S,Wolf M,Schultz J,Fritzilas E,Kneitz S,Dandekar T,Müller T

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Consensus primers, based on exon sequences of the cyp73 gene family coding for cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) of the lignin biosynthesis pathway, were designed for the tetraploid willow species Salix alba and Salix fragilis. Diagnostic alleles at species level were observed among introns of three cyp73 genes and allowe...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Trung le Q,VAN Puyvelde K,Triest L

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we describe Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning (ASAP), a new method to build species partitions from single locus sequence alignments (i.e., barcode data sets). ASAP is efficient enough to split data sets as large 104 sequences into putative species in several minutes. Although grounded in evolutionary t...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Puillandre N,Brouillet S,Achaz G

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enriched genomic library was constructed and 9 novel polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellite markers developed for Austrocedrus chilensis, the most economically important native conifer in the Andean Patagonian region. Polymorphism was investigated for these markers in 48 individuals from two populations. Number...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Arana MV,Buonamici A,Sebastiani F,Alia R,Gallo LA,Marchelli P,Moreno C,Vendramin GG

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving the realism of spatially explicit demographic models is important for better inferring the history of past populations and for understanding the genetic bases of adaptation and speciation. One particular type of demographic event to take into account is long-distance dispersal (LDD). The goals of this study ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Ray N,Excoffier L

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microsatellite-enriched genomic library was developed for the water flea Daphnia atkinsoni Baird, 1859, a dominant species of intermittent wetlands in Europe. Eight polymorphic microsatellite markers were successfully optimized. Characterization of 77 individuals from Belgium and Spain showed moderate (in the former...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Ortells R,VAN Houdt JK,Geldof S,DE Meester L,Mergeay J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Camelids are characterized by their unique adaptive immune system that exhibits the generation of homodimeric heavy-chain immunoglobulins, somatic hypermutation of T-cell receptors, and low genetic diversity of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes. However, short-read assemblies are typically highly fragmented...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Ming L,Wang Z,Yi L,Batmunkh M,Liu T,Siren D,He J,Juramt N,Jambl T,Li Y,Jirimutu

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two of the five subspecies of the western big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii, are listed as federally endangered with the remaining three being of conservation concern. Knowing the degree of connectivity among populations would aid in the establishment of sound conservation and management plans for this taxon. For...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Piaggio AJ,Miller KE,Matocq MD,Perkins SL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entomopathogenic fungi in the genus Metarhizium are useful for biological control programmes against economically important arthropod pests worldwide. However, understanding the true diversity and ecology of these organisms is hampered by convergent morphologies between species. The application of molecular techniques...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Kepler RM,Rehner SA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed 16 microsatellite markers in Cordia bifurcata, a Central and South American shrub. The markers show low polymorphism in C. bifurcata, a species suspected of self-fertilization or apomixis. Of four polymorphic loci, three had only two alleles. However, current research indicates that these markers hold val...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Spoon TR,Kesseli RV

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mites (Acari) are one of the most diverse groups of life on Earth; yet, their evolutionary relationships are poorly understood. Also, the resolution of broader arachnid phylogeny has been hindered by an underrepresentation of mite diversity in phylogenomic analyses. To further our understanding of Acari evolution, we ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Van Dam MH,Trautwein M,Spicer GS,Esposito L

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have potential for broad application in population and conservation genetics, but availability of these markers is limited in many nonmodel species. In this study, genomic and expressed sequence tagged (EST) sequences from closely related salmonids (Chinook salmon and rainbow tro...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Campbell NR,Narum SR

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:Our understanding of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes, a major vector of sleeping sickness, has been severely constrained by a lack of genetic markers for mapping and population genetic studies. Here we present 10 newly developed microsatellite loci for this tsetse species. Heterozygosity levels in Moyo, an Ugandan populati...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Brown JE,Komatsu KJ,Abila PP,Robinson AS,Okedi LM,Dyer N,Donnelly MJ,Slotman MA,Caccone A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding how landscape features affect gene flow has implications for numerous fields including molecular and evolutionary ecology. Despite this, modelling landscape resistance surfaces has remained a significant challenge. The R package resistancega was developed to provide a framework for optimizing landscape r...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Winiarski KJ,Peterman WE,McGarigal K

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of third-generation sequencing (3GS; long-reads) is bringing closer the goal of chromosome-size fragments in de novo genome assemblies. This allows the exploration of new and broader questions on genome evolution for a number of nonmodel organisms. However, long-read technologies result in higher sequenc...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Jaworski CC,Allan CW,Matzkin LM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular markers have been used to identify the sex of sampled individuals for several decades, but the time-consuming development phase prevented their application in many systems. Recently, a growing number of papers have applied reduced-representation sequencing (RRS) protocols to the identification of sex-specifi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Moore JS,Benestan L

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solms-laubachia eurycarpa is a medicinal herb endemic to the Hengduan Mountains region of south-central China. We screened a partial genomic library enriched for microsatellites and characterized 10 polymorphic loci for S. eurycarpa. The number of alleles per locus ranged from five to 15, with an average of 9.6. The o...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Yue J,Feldheim KA,Sun H,Ree R

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The herbaceous perennial Cirsium purpuratum is a pioneer on the southeast side of Mount Fuji in Japan. For genetic analysis of reproduction in this species, we developed polymorphic compound microsatellite markers using an adaptor-ligated library method and a simpler method called the intercompound microsatellite meth...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Wu B,Shiokawa A,Matsushita N,Hogetsu T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00