Matrilinear phylogeography of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Europe and postglacial colonization of the Baltic Sea area.

abstract：:DNA sequence studies frequently reveal evidence of cryptic lineages in morphologically uniform species, many of which turn out to be evolutionarily distinct species. The Common Raven (Corvus corax) includes two deeply divergent mtDNA lineages: one lineage seems restricted to western North America and the other is Hola...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Webb WC,Marzluff JM,Omland KE

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies found fish egg-specific bacterial communities that changed over the course of embryogenesis, suggesting an interaction between the developing host and its microbiota. Indeed, single-strain infections demonstrated that the virulence of opportunistic bacteria is influenced by environmental factors and hos...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Wilkins LG,Fumagalli L,Wedekind C

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA viruses are characterized by high genetic variability resulting in rapid adaptation to new or resistant hosts. Research for plant RNA virus genetic structure and its variability has been relatively scarce compared to abundant research done for human and animal RNA viruses. Here, we utilized a molecular population ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Tsompana M,Abad J,Purugganan M,Moyer JW

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aside from its selective role in filtering inter-individual variation during evolution by natural selection, the environment also plays an instructive role in producing variation during development. External environmental cues can influence developmental rates and/or trajectories and lead to the production of distinct...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Beldade P,Mateus AR,Keller RA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcystins (MCs) are toxic heptapeptides that are produced by filamentous cyanobacteria Planktothrix rubescens and Planktothrix agardhii via nonribosomal peptide synthesis. MCs share a common structure cyclo (-D-Alanine(1)-L-X(2)- D-erythro-beta-iso-aspartic acid(3)-L-Z(4)-Adda(5)-D-Glutamate(6)- N-methyl-dehydroala...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Kurmayer R,Gumpenberger M

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput sequencing approaches have enabled characterizations of the community composition of numerous gut microbial communities, which in turn has enhanced interest in their diversity and functional relationships in different groups of vertebrates. Although fishes represent the greatest taxonomic and ecologica...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Clements KD,Angert ER,Montgomery WL,Choat JH

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a broad survey of Drosophila melanogaster population samples, levels of abdominal pigmentation were found to be highly variable and geographically differentiated. A strong positive correlation was found between dark pigmentation and high altitude, suggesting adaptation to specific environments. DNA sequence polymor...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Pool JE,Aquadro CF

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of kinship permeates many domains of fundamental and applied biology ranging from social evolution to conservation science to quantitative and human genetics. Until recently, pedigrees were the gold standard to infer kinship, but the advent of next-generation sequencing and the availability of dense geneti...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Goudet J,Kay T,Weir BS

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenotypic plasticity has been hypothesized to play a central role in the evolution of phenotypic diversity across species (West-Eberhard ). Through 'genetic assimilation', phenotypes that are initially environmentally induced within species become genetically fixed over evolutionary time. While genetic assimilation h...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Sikkink KL,Snell-Rood EC

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A whole-genome duplication (WGD) doubles the entire genomic content of a species and is thought to have catalysed adaptive radiation in some polyploid-origin lineages. However, little is known about general consequences of a WGD because gene duplicates (i.e., paralogs) are commonly filtered in genomic studies; such fi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Limborg MT,Larson WA,Seeb LW,Seeb JE

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explore population genetic structure in phyllostomid bats (Ardops nichollsi, Brachyphylla cavernarum and Artibeus jamaicensis) from the northern Lesser Antilles by investigating the degree to which island populations are genetically differentiated. Our hypothesis, that the island populations are genetically distinc...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Carstens BC,Sullivan J,Davalos LM,Larsen PA,Pedersen SC

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Heliconius butterflies, it has been proposed that speciation occurs through a combination of divergence in ecological habitat preferences and mimetic colour patterns. Here we test this hypothesis by investigating a parapatric form of the widespread species Heliconius erato. Mendelian (colour patterns) and molecular...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Arias CF,Muñoz AG,Jiggins CD,Mavárez J,Bermingham E,Linares M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic diversity and its partition within and among populations and families of two species of Antirrhinum L., A. charidemi Lange and A. valentinum F.Q., have been studied. Both species are narrow-range endemics, self-incompatible, ecologically specialized and form small isolated populations. Despite these similariti...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Mateu-Andrés I,Segarra-Moragues JG

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the legume-rhizobia mutualism, the benefit each partner derives from the other depends on the genetic identity of both host and rhizobial symbiont. To gain insight into the extent of genome × genome interactions on hosts at the molecular level and to identify potential mechanisms responsible for the variation, we e...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Burghardt LT,Guhlin J,Chun CL,Liu J,Sadowsky MJ,Stupar RM,Young ND,Tiffin P

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the process of ecological speciation, reproductive isolation results from divergent natural selection and leads to a positive correlation between genetic divergence and adaptive phenotypic divergence, that is, isolation by adaptation (IBA). In natural populations, phenotypic differentiation is often autocorrela...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Seeholzer GF,Brumfield RT

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ecological effects of climate change have been shown in most major taxonomic groups; however, the evolutionary consequences are less well-documented. Adaptation to new climatic conditions offers a potential long-term mechanism for species to maintain viability in rapidly changing environments, but mammalian exampl...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Waterhouse MD,Erb LP,Beever EA,Russello MA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the role of landscapes in shaping genetic connectivity and divergence is essential for understanding patterns of biogeography and diversity. This is particularly relevant for the Andes region, a major biodiversity hotspot of relatively recent origin. We examined the phylogeography and landscape genetics o...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Trénel P,Hansen MM,Normand S,Borchsenius F

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate patterns of polyandry in the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), 20 pregnant females were sampled from the western North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Five species-specific microsatellite markers were used to genotype each shark and its litter. Of 20 litters, 17 (85%) were shown to have multiple sires...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Portnoy DS,Piercy AN,Musick JA,Burgess GH,Graves JE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What is the relationship between genetic or environmental variation and the variation in messenger RNA (mRNA) expression? To address this, microarrays were used to examine the effect of genetic and environmental variation on cardiac mRNA expression for metabolic genes in three groups of Fundulus heteroclitus: (i) indi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Scott CP,Williams DA,Crawford DL

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in molecular biology and bioinformatics have helped to unveil striking and previously unrecognized patterns of geographic genetic structure in marine populations. Largely driven by the pressing needs of fisheries management and conservation, studies on marine fish populations have played a pivotal role...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Sala-Bozano M,Ketmaier V,Mariani S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typha glauca represents a significant portion of the biomass of the wetlands surrounding the Great Lakes, USA. It is generally accepted to be a form of hybrid between T. latifolia and T. angustifolia, which itself appears to be an exotic introduction from Europe. Based on morphological and isozyme data, conflicting th...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Kuehn MM,Minor JE,White BN

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The establishment and subsequent spread of invasive species is widely recognized as one of the most threatening processes contributing to global biodiversity loss. This is especially true for marine and estuarine ecosystems, which have experienced significant increases in the number of invasive species with the increa...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Richardson MF,Sherman CD,Lee RS,Bott NJ,Hirst AJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the importance of maternal effects has long been appreciated, a growing body of evidence now points to the paternal environment having an important influence on offspring phenotype. Indeed, research on rodent models suggests that paternal stress leaves an imprint on the behaviour and physiology of offspring via ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Ord J,Heath PR,Fazeli A,Watt PJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene flow within and between social groups is contingent on behaviourally mediated patterns of mating and dispersal. To understand how these patterns affect the genetic structure of primate populations, long-term data are required. In this study, we analyse 10 years of demographic and genetic data from a wild lemur po...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Lawler RR,Richard AF,Riley MA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations are often exposed to multiple sources of gene flow, but accounts are lacking of the population genetic dynamics that result from these interactions or their effects on local evolution. Using a genomic clines framework applied to 1,195 single nucleotide polymorphisms, we documented genomewide, locus-specifi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Blackburn GS,Brunet BMT,Muirhead K,Cusson M,Béliveau C,Levesque RC,Lumley LM,Sperling FAH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is challenging to unravel the history of organisms with highly scattered populations. Such species may have fragmented distributions because extant populations are remnants of a previously more continuous range, or because the species has narrow habitat requirements in combination with good dispersal capacity (natu...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Cassel-Lundhagen A,Ronnås C,Battisti A,Wallén J,Larsson S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human activities have increasingly introduced plant species far outside their native ranges under environmental conditions that can strongly differ from those originally met. Therefore, before spreading, and potentially causing ecological and economical damage, non-native species may rapidly evolve. Evidence of geneti...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Vandepitte K,de Meyer T,Helsen K,van Acker K,Roldán-Ruiz I,Mergeay J,Honnay O

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reanalysed published data to evaluate whether climate and habitat are barriers to dispersal in one of the most mobile and widely distributed mammals, the grey wolf (Canis lupus). Distance-based redundancy analysis (dbRDA) was used to examine the amount of variation in genetic distances that could be explained by an...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Geffen E,Anderson MJ,Wayne RK

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local adaptation can be a fundamental component of speciation, but its dynamics in relation to gene flow are not necessarily straightforward. Herbivorous taxa with localized host plant or habitat specialization across their geographic range are ideal models for investigating the patterns and constraints of local adapt...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Dupuis JR,Peigler RS,Geib SM,Rubinoff D

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal changes at 16 allozyme loci in the Diplodus sargus population of Banyuls-sur-Mer (Mediterranean Sea, France) were monitored. Temporal genetic variation within a single population was examined over two temporal scales: (i) among three year-classes sampled at the same age, and (ii) within a single year-class sa...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Planes S,Lenfant P

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00