Spawning success in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): a long-term DNA profiling-based study conducted in a natural stream.

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：:As modern genomic tools are developed for ecologically compelling models, field manipulation experiments will become important for establishing the role of functional genomic variation in physiological acclimation and evolutionary adaptation along environmental clines. High-altitude habitats expose individuals to hypo...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Cheviron ZA,Whitehead A,Brumfield RT

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two morphologically distinct forms of an undescribed madtom catfish (Noturus sp.) occur in the rivers and lakes of southeastern USA. 'Lake' broadtail madtoms are endemic to Lake Waccamaw and are probably related to nearby 'river' broadtail populations. To investigate phylogenetic relationships, we surveyed mitochondri...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Bennetts RQ,Grady JM,Rohde FC,Quattro JM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigating how environmental features shape the genetic structure of populations is crucial for understanding how they are potentially adapted to their habitats, as well as for sound management. In this study, we assessed the relative importance of spatial distribution, ocean currents and sea surface temperature (S...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Benestan L,Quinn BK,Maaroufi H,Laporte M,Clark FK,Greenwood SJ,Rochette R,Bernatchez L

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species occupying the same geographic range can exhibit remarkably different population structures across the landscape, ranging from highly diversified to panmictic. Given limitations on collecting population-level data for large numbers of species, ecologists seek to identify proximate organismal traits-such as disp...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Phillipsen IC,Kirk EH,Bogan MT,Mims MC,Olden JD,Lytle DA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding how immune genetic variation is shaped by selective and neutral processes in wild populations is of prime importance in both evolutionary biology and epidemiology. The European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) has considerably expanded its distribution range these last decades, notably by colonizing agricu...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Quéméré E,Galan M,Cosson JF,Klein F,Aulagnier S,Gilot-Fromont E,Merlet J,Bonhomme M,Hewison AJ,Charbonnel N

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fire is a complex event that maintains many ecological systems. The Florida Sand Skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi) is precinctive to Florida Scrub, a habitat that is maintained by infrequent fire. We characterize the effect of fire on genetic diversity and genetic differentiation at eight microsatellite loci in the Florida...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Schrey AW,Fox AM,Mushinsky HR,McCoy ED

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural hybridization between closely related taxa is frequent in many organismal groups, yet it has long been perceived as a force preventing diversification and speciation, especially so in animals. In recent years, growing evidence in favour of hybridization facilitating adaptive divergence has accumulated (Mallet ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Renaut S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular techniques have enabled behavioural ecologists to reassess mating systems from a genetic perspective. Studies of paternity frequently reveal that mating behaviour does not always reflect parentage, and may bring to light alternative mating tactics. Here we present a comparison of behavioural and genetic meas...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Coltman DW,Bancroft DR,Robertson A,Smith JA,Clutton-Brock TH,Pemberton JM

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diversification and speciation of terrestrial organisms are anticipated in oceanic islands such as Macaronesia, a group of Atlantic islands that have remained unconnected to continental landmasses. Hitherto, the diversification of marine organisms in oceanic islands, especially those with low vagility, has received li...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Vieira PE,Desiderato A,Holdich DM,Soares P,Creer S,Carvalho GR,Costa FO,Queiroga H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation is often arrayed in latitudinal or altitudinal clines, reflecting either adaptation along environmental gradients, migratory routes, or both. For forest trees, climate is one of the most important drivers of adaptive phenotypic traits. Correlations of single and multilocus genotypes with environmenta...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Eckert AJ,Bower AD,González-Martínez SC,Wegrzyn JL,Coop G,Neale DB

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Archipelago-endemic bird radiations are familiar to evolutionary biologists as key illustrations of evolutionary patterns. However, such radiations are in fact rare events. White-eyes (Zosteropidae) are birds with an exceptionally high colonization and speciation potential; they have colonized more islands globally th...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Melo M,Warren BH,Jones PJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As populations diverge many processes can shape genomic patterns of differentiation. Regions of high differentiation can arise due to divergent selection acting on selected loci, genetic hitchhiking of nearby loci, or through repeated selection against deleterious alleles (linked background selection); this divergence...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Lehnert SJ,Kess T,Bentzen P,Clément M,Bradbury IR

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although microbial ecology of the gut is now a major focus of interest, little is known about the molecular determinants of microbial adaptation in the gut. Experimental evolution coupled with whole-genome sequencing can provide insights of the adaptive process. In vitro experiments have revealed some conserved patter...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Lescat M,Launay A,Ghalayini M,Magnan M,Glodt J,Pintard C,Dion S,Denamur E,Tenaillon O

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of transgenic hybrids resulting from transgene escape from genetically modified (GM) crops to wild or weedy relatives is well documented but the fate of the transgene over time in recipient wild species populations is still relatively unknown. This is the first report of the persistence and apparent intr...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Warwick SI,Légère A,Simard MJ,James T

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier) (Odonata: Zygoptera) is one of Europe's most threatened damselflies and is listed in the European Habitats directive. We combined an intensive mark-release-recapture (MRR) study with a microsatellite-based genetic analysis for C. mercuriale from the Itchen Valley, UK, as part of an ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Watts PC,Rouquette JR,Saccheri IJ,Kemp SJ,Thompson DJ

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In nitrogen (N) fixing symbioses, host-symbiont specificity, genetic variation in bacterial symbionts and environmental variation represent fundamental constraints on the ecology, evolution and practical uses of these interactions, but detailed information is lacking for many naturally occurring N-fixers. This study e...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Anderson MD,Taylor DL,Ruess RW

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few years microsatellites have become one of the most popular molecular markers used with applications in many different fields. High polymorphism and the relative ease of scoring represent the two major features that make microsatellites of large interest for many genetic studies. The major drawback of mi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Zane L,Bargelloni L,Patarnello T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) copy number variation (CNV) has major physiological implications for all organisms, but how it varies for fungi, an ecologically ubiquitous and important group of microorganisms, has yet to be systemically investigated. Here, we examine rDNA CNV using an in silico read depth approach for 91 fungal...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Lofgren LA,Uehling JK,Branco S,Bruns TD,Martin F,Kennedy PG

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population differentiation (PD) and ecological association (EA) tests have recently emerged as prominent statistical methods to investigate signatures of local adaptation using population genomic data. Based on statistical models, these genomewide testing procedures have attracted considerable attention as tools to id...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： François O,Martins H,Caye K,Schoville SD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular markers, such as mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite loci, are widely studied to assess population genetics and phylogeography; however, the selective neutrality of these markers is increasingly being questioned. Given the importance of molecular markers in fisheries science and conservation, we evaluated t...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： McCusker MR,Bentzen P

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current forestry policy promotes the use of local seed for new plantings, on the assumption that local material may be better adapted to local conditions. However, landscape-scale genetic studies which are necessary to underpin conservation and breeding strategies are often lacking. We investigated molecular diversity...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Sutherland BG,Belaj A,Nier S,Cottrell JE,P Vaughan S,Hubert J,Russell K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Permafrost represents an important understudied genetic resource. Soil microorganisms play important roles in regulating biogeochemical cycles and maintaining ecosystem function. However, our knowledge of patterns and drivers of permafrost microbial communities is limited over broad geographic scales. Using high-throu...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Chen YL,Deng Y,Ding JZ,Hu HW,Xu TL,Li F,Yang GB,Yang YH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological control requires specific tools for the accurate detection and identification of natural enemies, and to detect unusual variations in their density, which may follow changes in agricultural practices. Here we have developed specific molecular markers to detect Lydella thompsoni (Herting) and Pseudoperichaet...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Agustí N,Bourguet D,Spataro T,Delos M,Eychenne N,Folcher L,Arditi R

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial proportion of the primary productivity in grassland ecosystems is allocated belowground, sustaining an abundant and diverse community of microbes and soil invertebrates. These belowground communities drive many important ecosystem functions and are responsive to a variety of environmental changes. Nemato...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Jones KL,Todd TC,Wall-Beam JL,Coolon JD,Blair JM,Herman MA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of hybridization and subsequent introgression has been demonstrated in an increasing number of species. Recently, Fontaine et al. (Science, 347, 2015, 1258524) conducted a phylogenomic analysis of six members of the Anopheles gambiae species complex. Their analysis revealed a reticulate evolutionary history a...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Wen D,Yu Y,Hahn MW,Nakhleh L

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of coral reefs is due to obligate mutualistic symbioses involving invertebrates and photosynthetic dinoflagellate symbionts belonging to the genus Symbiodinium. In the Caribbean, the vast majority of octocorals and other invertebrate hosts associate with Symbiodinium clade B, and more selectively, with a s...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Santos SR,Shearer TL,Hannes AR,Coffroth MA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic variation across a species' range is an important factor in speciation and conservation, yet searching for general patterns and underlying causes remains challenging. While the majority of comparisons between central and marginal populations have revealed a general central-marginal (C-M) decline in genetic...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Guo Q

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian wing length is an important trait that covaries with the ecology and migratory behaviour of a species and tends to change rapidly when the conditions are altered. Long-distance migrants typically have longer wings than short-distance migrants and sedentary species, and long-winged species also tend to be more di...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Schielzeth H,Forstmeier W,Kempenaers B,Ellegren H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mediterranean Sea is a two-basin system, with the boundary zone restricted to the Strait of Sicily and the narrow Strait of Messina. Two main population groups are recognized in the Mediterranean endemic seagrass Posidonia oceanica, corresponding to the Western and the Eastern basins. To address the nature of the ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Serra IA,Innocenti AM,Di Maida G,Calvo S,Migliaccio M,Zambianchi E,Pizzigalli C,Arnaud-Haond S,Duarte CM,Serrao EA,Procaccini G

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00