Evaluating environmental DNA-based quantification of ranavirus infection in wood frog populations.

abstract：:We report the characterization of 25 microsatellite loci isolated from the macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus). Thirteen loci were arranged into four multiplex sets for future genetic studies of macaroni penguin populations. All 25 loci were tested separately in each of four other penguin species [Adélie penguin ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Ahmed S,Hart T,Dawson DA,Horsburgh GJ,Trathan PN,Rogers AD

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：: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：:Karyotypic changes in chromosome number and structure are drivers in the divergent evolution of diverse plant species and lineages. This study aimed to reveal the origins of the unique karyotype (2n = 12) and phylogenetic relationships of the genus Megadenia (Brassicaceae). A high-quality chromosome-scale genome was a...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Yang W,Zhang L,Mandáková T,Huang L,Li T,Jiang J,Yang Y,Lysak MA,Liu J,Hu Q

更新日期：2020-11-05 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：:Museum collections are essential for reconstructing and understanding past biodiversity. Many museum specimens are, however, challenging to identify. Museum samples may be incomplete, have an unusual morphology, or represent juvenile individuals, all of which complicate accurate identification. In some cases, inaccura...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Vershinina AO,Kapp JD,Baryshnikov GF,Shapiro B

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:The vast amount of phenotypic information collected in some wild animal populations makes them extremely valuable for unravelling the genetics of ecologically important traits and understanding how populations adapt to changes in their environment. Next generation sequencing has revolutionized the development of large...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Van Bers NE,Santure AW,Van Oers K,De Cauwer I,Dibbits BW,Mateman C,Crooijmans RP,Sheldon BC,Visser ME,Groenen MA,Slate J

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:Proportional and separate models able to apply different combination of substitution rate matrix (SRM) and among-site rate variation model (ASRVM) to each locus are frequently used in phylogenetic studies of multilocus data. A proportional model assumes that branch lengths are proportional among partitions and a separ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Tanabe AS

更新日期：2011-09-01 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 pygmy grasshopper Tetrix japonica is a common insect distributed throughout the world, and it has the potential for use in studies of body colour polymorphism, genomics and the biology of Tetrigoidea (Insecta: Orthoptera). However, limited biological information is available for this insect. Here, we conducted a d...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Qiu Z,Liu F,Lu H,Huang Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated for the bonefish, Albula vulpes using a polymerase chain reaction-based procedure. The number of alleles ranged from two to 23 (mean = 8.8) in 37 specimens from south Florida. Observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.07 to 0.77 (mean = 0.42) and from 0.0...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Seyoum S,Wallace EM,Tringali MD

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:Germplasm collections provide an extremely valuable resource for breeders and researchers. However, misclassification of accessions by species often hinders the effective use of these collections. We propose that use of high-throughput genotyping tools can provide a fast, efficient and cost-effective way of confirming...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Mason AS,Zhang J,Tollenaere R,Vasquez Teuber P,Dalton-Morgan J,Hu L,Yan G,Edwards D,Redden R,Batley J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inventory of the caterpillars, their food plants and parasitoids began in 1978 for today's Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG), in northwestern Costa Rica. This complex mosaic of 120 000 ha of conserved and regenerating dry, cloud and rain forest over 0-2000 m elevation contains at least 10 000 species of non-leaf-m...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Janzen DH,Hallwachs W,Blandin P,Burns JM,Cadiou JM,Chacon I,Dapkey T,Deans AR,Epstein ME,Espinoza B,Franclemont JG,Haber WA,Hajibabaei M,Hall JP,Hebert PD,Gauld ID,Harvey DJ,Hausmann A,Kitching IJ,Lafontaine D,Lan

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants stably transformed to manipulate the expression of genes mediating ecological performance have profoundly altered research in plant ecology. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation remains the most effective method of creating plants harbouring a limited number of transgene integrations of low complexity. For eco...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Gase K,Weinhold A,Bozorov T,Schuck S,Baldwin IT

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long columns of migrating larval sciarid armyworms were discovered in central and northern Japan, specifically Kanagawa, Gunma, Miyagi and Akita prefectures, as well as Hokkaido. This is the first examination of armyworms in East Asia. In Europe, armyworms have been identified as Sciara militaris, belonging to the fam...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Sutou M,Kato T,Ito M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhinobatos percellens, Rhinobatos horkelli and Zapteryx brevirostris, known as guitarfish, are commonly found inshore and caught by trawl nets. Recently, these species have been suffering sharp population declines. One of the main impediments to the development of conservation plans is the lack of information related ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： DE-Franco B,Mendonça FF,Hashimoto DT,Porto-Foresti F,Oliveira C,Foresti F

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Betel nut (Areca nut, Areca catechu L.) is a conspicuous and important cultivated plant of tropical and subtropical habitats throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania. As a significant cultural and social offering, the migration of betel nut associated with human dispersal is an important issue in ethnobotany and anthropo...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Hu CH,Huang CC,Hung KH,Hsu TW,Chiang TY

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stegodyphus lineatus spiders live in groups consisting of closely related individuals. There appears to be no discrimination against related individuals as mates but females mate multiply, despite the fact that matings are shown to carry a cost. We have developed eight polymorphic dinucleotide microsatellite markers t...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Bilde T,Tuni C,Cariani A,Santini A,Tabarroni C,Garoia F,Goodacre SL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosynthetic eukaryotes have a critical role as the main producers in most ecosystems of the biosphere. The ongoing environmental metabarcoding revolution opens the perspective for holistic ecosystems biological studies of these organisms, in particular the unicellular microalgae that often lack distinctive morpholo...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Decelle J,Romac S,Stern RF,Bendif el M,Zingone A,Audic S,Guiry MD,Guillou L,Tessier D,Le Gall F,Gourvil P,Dos Santos AL,Probert I,Vaulot D,de Vargas C,Christen R

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) is an important insect pest of melon fruit causing extensive losses of production in Asia and Pacific areas. Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated from an enriched DNA library of this species and their amplification characteristics are described. Genetic parameters wer...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Wu Y,Li Z,Wu J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) is slowly becoming established as a tool to quantify abundance of different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) taxa in roots and in soil. Here, we describe the development and field validation of qPCR markers (i.e. primers with associated hydrolysis probes), targeting taxon-specific ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Thonar C,Erb A,Jansa J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 10 microsatellite loci for Panulirus argus (Caribbean spiny lobster). The number of alleles at each locus ranged from four to 39 (mean = 21.8) in 89 juvenile specimens collected at two different times at a recruitment site in south Florida. Levels of expected and observed heterozygosities ranged from 0.48 ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Tringali MD,Seyoum S,Schmitt SL

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type specimens have high scientific importance because they provide the only certain connection between the application of a Linnean name and a physical specimen. Many other individuals may have been identified as a particular species, but their linkage to the taxon concept is inferential. Because type specimens are o...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Prosser SW,deWaard JR,Miller SE,Hebert PD

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The soil microbiome is inherently complex with high biological diversity, and spatial heterogeneity typically occurring on the submillimetre scale. To study the microbial ecology of soils, and other microbiomes, biomolecules, that is, nucleic acids and proteins, must be efficiently and reliably co-recovered from the s...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Thorn CE,Bergesch C,Joyce A,Sambrano G,McDonnell K,Brennan F,Heyer R,Benndorf D,Abram F

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction-site-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) and related methods are revolutionizing the field of population genomics in nonmodel organisms as they allow generating an unprecedented number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) even when no genomic information is available. Yet, RAD-seq data analyses rely o...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Rodríguez-Ezpeleta N,Bradbury IR,Mendibil I,Álvarez P,Cotano U,Irigoien X

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report results of cross-species amplification in Dactylis glomerata and Lolium perenne of 12 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) isolated from Lolium multiflorum×Festuca glaucescens, 42 SSRs from Festuca arundinacea and two sequence tagged sites from Oryza sativa. We compared the transferability and diversity between D....

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Litrico I,Bech N,Flajoulot S,Cadier D,Talon C,Gibelin C,Barre P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of next generation sequencing technologies, transcriptome level sequence collections are arising as prominent resources for the discovery of gene-based molecular markers. In a previous study more than 15,000 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) in expressed sequence tag (EST) sequences resulting from 454 pyr...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Lesser MR,Parchman TL,Buerkle CA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00