Genetic structure of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci in the Asia-Pacific region revealed using microsatellite markers.

abstract：:Anthyllis montana is a submediterranean, herbaceous plant of the southern and central European mountains. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA were sequenced from multiple accessions of the species and several closely related taxa. In addition, amplified fragment length polymorphism (...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Kropf M,Kadereit JW,Comes HP

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogeographical history of the rare marsh orchid Anacamptis palustris (Orchidaceae) was reconstructed using highly polymorphic chloroplast minisatellite and microsatellite loci. Allelic variation at chloroplast microsatellite loci was due to length variation in poly(A/T) repeats and was informative on a regional...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Cozzolino S,Cafasso D,Pellegrino G,Musacchio A,Widmer A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theoretical and empirical studies have shown that species radiations are facilitated when a trait under divergent natural selection is also involved in sexual selection. It is yet unclear how quick and effective radiations are where assortative mating is unrelated to the ecological environment and primarily results fr...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Nolen ZJ,Yildirim B,Irisarri I,Liu S,Groot Crego C,Amby DB,Mayer F,Gilbert MTP,Pereira RJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interacting species of pollinator-host systems, especially the obligate ones, are sensitive to habitat fragmentation, due to the nature of mutual dependence. Comparative studies of genetic structure can provide insights into how habitat fragmentation contributes to patterns of genetic divergence among populations of t...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Liu M,Zhang J,Chen Y,Compton SG,Chen XY

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial pseudo-control region was analysed in five species of Aquila eagles. Indels caused great length differences in the nonrepetitive part of the region, whereas tandem repeat units were highly conserved among the genus. In a reconstructed phylogenetic tree, the clade formed by A. clanga and A. pomarina s...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Väli U

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing interest in understanding patterns of seasonal migratory connectivity between breeding and wintering sites, both because differences in migratory behaviour can be associated with population differentiation and because knowledge of migratory connectivity is essential for understanding the ecology, evol...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Irwin DE,Irwin JH,Smith TB

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of host-parasitoid associations can be tenuous using conventional methods. Molecular techniques are well placed to identify trophic links and resolve host-parasitoid associations. Establishment of the highly invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), outside Asia has p...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Gariepy TD,Haye T,Zhang J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swordtails (Xiphophorus; Poeciliidae) have figured prominently in research on fish mating behaviours, sexual selection, and carcinogenesis, but their population structures and dispersal patterns have been relatively neglected. Using nine microsatellite loci, we estimated genetic differentiation in Xiphophorus helleri ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Tatarenkov A,Healey CI,Avise JC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been hypothesized that salmonids use olfactory cues to return to their natal rivers and streams. However, the key components of the molecular pathway involved in imprinting and homing are still unknown. If odorants are involved in salmon homing migration, then olfactory receptors should play a critical role in ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Johnstone KA,Lubieniecki KP,Koop BF,Davidson WS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolbachia is a common heritable bacterial symbiont in insects. Its evolutionary success lies in the diverse phenotypic effects it has on its hosts coupled to its propensity to move between host species over evolutionary timescales. In a survey of natural host-symbiont associations in a range of Drosophila species, we ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Martinez J,Tolosana I,Ok S,Smith S,Snoeck K,Day JP,Jiggins FM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleistocene ice-ages greatly influenced the historical abundances of Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, in the North Pacific and its marginal seas. We surveyed genetic variation at 11 microsatellite loci and mitochondrial (mt) DNA in samples from twelve locations from the Sea of Japan to Washington State. Both microsat...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Canino MF,Spies IB,Cunningham KM,Hauser L,Grant WS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facilitated by the intensification of global trading, the introduction and dispersal of species to areas in which they are historically non-native is nowadays common. From an evolutionary standpoint, invasions are paradoxical: not only non-native environments could be different from native ones for which introduced in...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Baltazar-Soares M,Blanchet S,Cote J,Tarkan AS,Záhorská E,Gozlan RE,Eizaguirre C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Army ants are among the top arthropod predators and considered keystone species in tropical ecosystems. During daily mass raids with many thousand workers, army ants hunt live prey, likely exerting strong top-down control on prey species. Many tropical sites exhibit a high army ant species diversity (>20 species), sug...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hoenle PO,Blüthgen N,Brückner A,Kronauer DJC,Fiala B,Donoso DA,Smith MA,Ospina Jara B,von Beeren C

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spawning success of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) was investigated, under near-natural conditions, in the Girnock Burn, an 8-km long tributary of the River Dee in Scotland. Employing minisatellite-based DNA profiling, mating outcomes were resolved over three spawning seasons by assigning parentage to progeny sample...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Taggart JB,McLaren IS,Hay DW,Webb JH,Youngson AF

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the distribution of genetic variation within and between seven subpopulations in a riparian population of Silene tatarica in northern Finland by using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. A Bayesian approach-based clustering program indicated that the marker data contained not only on...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Tero N,Aspi J,Siikamäki P,Jäkäläniemi A,Tuomi J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of evolutionary mechanisms have been suggested for generating low but significant genetic structuring among marine fish populations. We used nine microsatellite loci and recently developed methods in landscape genetics and coalescence-based estimation of historical gene flow and effective population sizes to ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hemmer-Hansen J,Nielsen EE,Grønkjaer P,Loeschcke V

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Divergent host use has long been suspected to drive population differentiation and speciation in plant-feeding insects. Evaluating the contribution of divergent host use to genetic differentiation can be difficult, however, as dispersal limitation and population structure may also influence patterns of genetic variati...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Bagley RK,Sousa VC,Niemiller ML,Linnen CR

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many marine organisms can be transported hundreds of kilometres during their pelagic larval stage, yet little is known about spatial and temporal patterns of larval dispersal. Although traditional population-genetic tools can be applied to infer movement of larvae on an evolutionary timescale, large effective populati...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Pusack TJ,Christie MR,Johnson DW,Stallings CD,Hixon MA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the factors that maintain genetic variation in natural populations is a foundational goal of evolutionary biology. To this end, population geneticists have developed a variety of models that can produce stable polymorphisms. In one of the earliest models, Owen () demonstrated that differences in selectio...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Meisel RP

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transposable elements are mobile sequences found in nuclear genomes and can potentially serve as molecular markers in various phylogenetic and population genetic investigations. A PCR-based method that utilizes restriction site variation of element copies within a genome is developed. These patterns of site variation,...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Purugganan MD,Wessler SR

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence and restriction site analyses of the paternally inherited chloroplast rbcL gene and maternally inherited mitochondrial nad1 fragments from the same set of populations and individuals were used to investigate cytoplasmic composition and population establishment of Pinus densata, a diploid pine that originated ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Song BH,Wang XQ,Wang XR,Ding KY,Hong DY

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural selection, random processes and gene flow are known to generate sex ratio variations among sexually polymorphic plant populations. In gynodioecious species, in which hermaphrodites and females coexist, the relative effect of these processes on the maintenance of sex polymorphism is still up for debate. The aim...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： De Cauwer I,Dufay M,Hornoy B,Courseaux A,Arnaud JF

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea) was once a common Australian Hylid. Today, many populations are small and fragmented as a result of dramatic declines in distribution and abundance. We undertook a large-scale assessment of genetic structure and diversity in L. aurea using four species-specific microsatel...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Burns EL,Eldridge MD,Houlden BA

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have highlighted an important role of structural variation (SV) in ecological and evolutionary processes, but few have studied nonmodel species in the wild. As part of our long-term research programme on the nonmodel teleost fish Australasian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus), we aim to build one of the fir...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Catanach A,Crowhurst R,Deng C,David C,Bernatchez L,Wellenreuther M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ocellated antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani) feeds in groups and therefore is an informative species in which to study the biological factors that modulate avian group living. These birds congregate at swarms of army ants to capture fleeing prey, and previous observations suggest that males may be philopatric, fee...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Chaves-Campos J,DeWoody JA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecosystems across the globe are threatened by climate change and human activities. New rapid survey approaches for monitoring biodiversity would greatly advance assessment and understanding of these threats. Taking advantage of next-generation DNA sequencing, we tested an approach we call metabarcoding: high-throughpu...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Yoccoz NG,Bråthen KA,Gielly L,Haile J,Edwards ME,Goslar T,Von Stedingk H,Brysting AK,Coissac E,Pompanon F,Sønstebø JH,Miquel C,Valentini A,De Bello F,Chave J,Thuiller W,Wincker P,Cruaud C,Gavory F,Rasmussen M,Gilb

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotton plants accumulate phytotoxins, including gossypol and related sesquiterpene aldehydes, to resist insect herbivores and pathogens. To counteract these defensive plant secondary metabolites, cotton bollworms (Helicoverpa armigera) elevate their production of detoxification enzymes, including cytochrome P450 monoo...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Tao XY,Xue XY,Huang YP,Chen XY,Mao YB

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the announcement of the first case of rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) in a pet rabbit, housed indoors in Canada for more than 1 year, I submitted an evidence-based explanation to ProMed explaining how RHD might have caused the death of 'one' of the three pet rabbits. I suggested with supporting evidence, t...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Gould EA

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on hybridization between species provides unparalleled insights into the pre- and postzygotic isolating mechanisms that drive speciation. In social organisms, colony-level incompatibilities may provide additional reproductive barriers not present in solitary species, and hybrid zones offer an opportunity to i...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Purcell J,Zahnd S,Athanasiades A,Türler R,Chapuisat M,Brelsford A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide variation in an approximately 490 bp fragment of the mitochondrial DNA control region (mtDNA CR) was used to describe the genetic variation and phylogeographical pattern in the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) over its entire range. The sampling effort was focused on the relict populations that survived a dra...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Durka W,Babik W,Ducroz JF,Heidecke D,Rosell F,Samjaa R,Saveljev AP,Stubbe A,Ulevicius A,Stubbe M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00