Impact of sequence processing and taxonomic classification approaches on eukaryotic community structure from environmental samples with emphasis on diatoms.

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：:Noninvasive genetic sampling has increasingly been used in ecological and conservation studies during the last decade. A major part of the noninvasive genetic literature is dedicated to the search for optimal protocols, by comparing different methods of collection, preservation and extraction of DNA from noninvasive m...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Renan S,Speyer E,Shahar N,Gueta T,Templeton AR,Bar-David S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With striking morphological diversity and adaptability, Chamaedorea palms constitute an ecologically and economically important understorey component of Neotropical forests. Nine loci developed for Chamaedorea elegans evaluated in three Veracruz populations resulted in a large number of alleles (8-18), and high expect...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Cibrián-Jaramillo A,Hahn WJ,Desalle R

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracing maternal and paternal lineages independently to explore breeding systems and dispersal strategies in natural populations has been high on the wish-list of evolutionary biologists. As males are the heterogametic sex in mammals, such sex-specific patterns can be indirectly observed when Y chromosome polymorphism...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Greminger MP,Krützen M,Schelling C,Pienkowska-Schelling A,Wandeler P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Horseshoe crabs, represented by only four extant species, have existed for around 500 million years. However, their existence is now under threat because of anthropogenic activities. The availability of genomic resources for these species will be valuable in planning appropriate conservation measures. Whole-genome seq...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Shingate P,Ravi V,Prasad A,Tay BH,Venkatesh B

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:Despite the contribution of DNA barcoding towards understanding the biodiversity and distribution of species, the success of COI amplification has been quite variable when it comes to freshwater zooplankton (Elías-Gutiérrez & Valdez-Moreno 2008; Jeffery et al. 2011). Some genera of microcrustaceans seem to be more dif...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Prosser S,Martínez-Arce A,Elías-Gutiérrez M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-toed sloths (Bradypus) are slow-moving arboreal neotropical mammals. Understanding demographic variables (such as sex ratio) of populations is a key for conservation purposes. Nevertheless, gender assignment of Bradypus is particularly challenging because of the lack of sexual dimorphism in infants and in ad...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Martinelli AB,DE Moraes-Barros N,Alvarenga CS,Chaves PB,Santos LA,Fagundes V

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed 11 polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers for an Australian native plant, Daviesia triflora. The number of alleles per locus in 40 individuals varied from four to 19, and observed and expected heterozygosities ranged from 0.450 to 0.925 and from 0.497 to 0.899, respectively. Nine loci showed no significan...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： He T,Krauss SL,Lamont BB

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), a member of ratite family, is native to Australia and has been introduced to other countries worldwide. In this work, 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized for emu from public sequences. Polymorphism was surveyed in 22 individuals from two different popu...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Yáñez JM,González R,Angulo J,Vidal R,Santos JL,Martínez V

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:Fifteen polymorphic markers were developed from a microsatellite-enriched library for the lizard Podarcis gaigeae. The loci were checked for variability in 68 individuals from a population on the island of Skyros, Greece. The number of alleles ranged from 3 to 23 per locus and expected heterozygosity from 0.29 and 0.9...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Wellenreuther M,Runemark A,Svensson EI,Hansson B

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to detect the identity of a sample obtained from its environment is a cornerstone of molecular ecological research. Thanks to the falling price of shotgun sequencing, genome skimming, the acquisition of short reads spread across the genome at low coverage, is emerging as an alternative to traditional barco...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Rachtman E,Balaban M,Bafna V,Mirarab S

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a new model to make use of georeferenced genetic data for inferring the location and shape of a hybrid zone. The model output includes the posterior distribution of a parameter that quantifies the width of the hybrid zone. The model proposed is implemented in the GUI and command-line versions of the Genelan...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Guedj B,Guillot G

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of population demographics is important for species management but can be challenging in low-density, wide-ranging species. Population monitoring of the endangered Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis) is critical for assessing the success of recovery efforts, and noninvasive DNA sampling (ND...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Woodruff SP,Johnson TR,Waits LP

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：: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：:Predicting whether a predator is capable of affecting the dynamics of a prey species in the field implies the analysis of the complete diet of the predator, not simply rates of predation on a target taxon. Here, we employed the Ion Torrent next-generation sequencing technology to investigate the diet of a generalist a...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Piñol J,San Andrés V,Clare EL,Mir G,Symondson WO

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:We present the leaf and floral transcriptomes of two hybridizing bromeliad species that differ in their major pollinator systems. Here we identified candidate genes responsible for pollinator attraction and reproductive isolation in these two species. We searched for candidate genes involved in floral traits, such as ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Palma-Silva C,Ferro M,Bacci M,Turchetto-Zolet AC

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated 18 microsatellites from Sycoscapter australis, a nonpollinating fig wasp that develops in figs of Ficus macrophylla, and assessed their variability in 20 wasps. We further optimized nine of these loci for use in three other Sycoscapter species that develop in Ficus rubiginosa figs and assessed their variab...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Bouteiller-Reuter C,Hale ML,Cook JM

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:DNA metabarcoding was utilized for a large-scale, multiyear assessment of biodiversity in Malaise trap collections from the Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, Bavaria). Principal component analysis of read count-based biodiversities revealed clustering in concordance with whether collection sites were located ins...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Hardulak LA,Morinière J,Hausmann A,Hendrich L,Schmidt S,Doczkal D,Müller J,Hebert PDN,Haszprunar G

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:Caribbean reef-building corals in the genus Acropora have been declining dramatically since the 1980s and are now listed as threatened. The study of their complex reproductive system (mixed asexual and sexual) and their population structure requires highly polymorphic nuclear genetic markers. Of eight previously devel...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Baums IB,Devlin-Durante MK,Brown L,Pinzón JH

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenomic methods have proven useful for resolving deep nodes and recalcitrant groups in the spider tree of life. Across arachnids, transcriptomic approaches may generate thousands of loci, and target-capture methods, using the previously designed arachnid-specific probe set, can target a maximum of about 1,000 loc...

journal_title：Molecular ecology resources

authors： Kulkarni S,Wood H,Lloyd M,Hormiga G

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00