Noninvasive genome sampling in chimpanzees.

abstract：:A recent region-wide study determined that the central California coyote (Canis latrans) population was genetically subdivided according to habitat bioregions, supporting the hypothesis that coyotes exhibit a dispersal bias toward their natal habitat type. Here, we further investigated this hypothesis using radio-coll...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Sacks BN,Mitchell BR,Williams CL,Ernest HB

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copy number variants (CNVs) are a major component of genotypic and phenotypic variation in genomes. To date, our knowledge of genotypic variation and evolution has largely been acquired by means of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) analyses. Until recently, the adaptive role of structural variants (SVs) and partic...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Dorant Y,Cayuela H,Wellband K,Laporte M,Rougemont Q,Mérot C,Normandeau E,Rochette R,Bernatchez L

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Island formation is a key driver of biological evolution, and several studies have used geological ages of islands to calibrate rates of DNA change. However, many islands are home to "relict" lineages whose divergence apparently pre-dates island age. The geologically dynamic New Zealand (NZ) archipelago sits upon the ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： McCulloch GA,Waters JM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of non-native species may depend on the genetic resources maintained through the invasion process. The Coqui (Eleutherodactylus coqui), a frog endemic to Puerto Rico, was introduced to Hawaii in the late 1980s via the horticulture trade, and has become an aggressive invader. To explore whether genetic dive...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Peacock MM,Beard KH,O'Neill EM,Kirchoff VS,Peters MB

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lizard genus Kentropyx (Squamata: Teiidae) comprises nine species, which have been placed in three species groups (calcarata group, associated to forests ecosystems; paulensis and striata groups, associated to open ecosystems). We reconstructed phylogenetic relationships of Kentropyx based on morphology (pholidosi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Werneck Fde P,Giugliano LG,Collevatti RG,Colli GR

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Host specialization is a key process in ecological divergence and speciation of plant-associated fungi. The underlying determinants of host specialization are generally poorly understood, especially in endophytes, which constitute one of the most abundant components of the plant microbiome. We addressed the genetic ba...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Schirrmann MK,Zoller S,Croll D,Stukenbrock EH,Leuchtmann A,Fior S

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:Experimental evolution (EE) combined with whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has become a compelling approach to study the fundamental mechanisms and processes that drive evolution. Most EE-WGS studies published to date have used microbes, owing to their ease of propagation and manipulation in the laboratory and relatively...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Dettman JR,Rodrigue N,Melnyk AH,Wong A,Bailey SF,Kassen R

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA barcoding facilitates many evolutionary and ecological studies, including the examination of the dietary diversity of herbivores. In this study, we present a survey of ecological associations between herbivorous beetles and host plants from seriously threatened European steppic grasslands. We determined host plant...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Kajtoch Ł,Kubisz D,Heise W,Mazur MA,Babik W

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major challenges in evolutionary biology is to understand the mechanisms underlying morphological dimorphism and plasticity, including the genomic basis of traits and links to ecology. At the yellow eel stage of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla), two morphotypes are found: broad- and narrow-heads. This d...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： De Meyer J,Maes GE,Dirks RP,Adriaens D

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The process by which a species becomes a biological invader, at a location where it does not naturally occur, can be divided into a series of sequential stages (transport, introduction, establishment and spread). A species' success at passing through each of these stages depends, in a large part, on the number of indi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Blackburn TM,Lockwood JL,Cassey P

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diet strongly influences the intestinal microbial communities through species sorting. Alternatively, these communicates may differ because of chance variation in local microbial exposures or species losses among allopatric host populations (i.e. ecological drift). We investigated how these forces shape enteric commun...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Lankau EW,Hong PY,Mackie RI

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungal communities may be shaped by both deterministic and stochastic processes, potentially influencing ecosystem development and function. We evaluated community assembly processes for EcM fungi of Pseudotsuga menziesii among 12 sites up to 400 km apart in southwest British Columbia (Canada) by...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Kranabetter JM,Hawkins BJ,Jones MD,Robbins S,Dyer T,Li T

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite much discussion of the importance of quantifying and reporting genotyping error in molecular studies, it is still not standard practice in the literature. This is particularly a concern for amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) studies, where differences in laboratory, peak-calling and locus-selection ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Crawford LA,Koscinski D,Keyghobadi N

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Future climate scenarios predict changes in rainfall regimes. These changes are expected to affect plants via effects on the expression of root traits associated with water and nutrient uptake. Associated microorganisms may also respond to these new precipitation regimes, either directly in response to changes in the ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Deveautour C,Donn S,Power SA,Bennett AE,Powell JR

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the potential for gene flow and genetic assimilation via hybridization between common and rare species of the terrestrial orchid genus Liparis, focusing specifically on sympatric and allopatric populations of the common Liparis kumokiri and the rare Liparis makinoana. We utilized analyses of genetic di...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Chung MY,Nason JD,Chung MG

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies examining the effects of anthropogenic habitat fragmentation on both neutral and adaptive genetic variability are still scarce. We compared tadpole fitness-related traits (viz. survival probability and body size) among populations of the common frog (Rana temporaria) from fragmented (F) and continuous (C) habi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Johansson M,Primmer CR,Merilä J

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The repeated evolution of similar phenotypes by similar mechanisms can be indicative of local adaptation, constraints or biases in the evolutionary process. Little is known about the incidence of physiological convergence in natural populations, so here we test whether energy metabolism in 'dwarf' and 'normal' Lake Wh...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Dalziel AC,Laporte M,Rougeux C,Guderley H,Bernatchez L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two species of horned lizards are sympatric along the periphery of the Salton Trough. Phrynosoma mcallii, endemic to the trough, is of conservation concern because its limited habitat has been fragmented by human activities. A more common and widespread species, Phrynosoma platyrhinos, occurs around the periphery of t...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Mulcahy DG,Spaulding AW,Mendelson JR 3rd,Brodie ED Jr

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The large-scale migration of birds has been studied extensively by recoveries of ringed birds. However, there is very little ringing data from the arctic breeding grounds of waders. Here, the migration pattern of the dunlin, Calidris alpina, is studied with population genetic markers, using haplotype frequencies to es...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Wennerberg L

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interbreeding species often produce low-fitness hybrids due to genetic incompatibilities between parental genomes. Whether these incompatibilities reflect fixed allelic differences between hybridizing species, or, alternatively, standing variants that segregate within them, remains unknown for many natural systems. Ye...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Seidl F,Levis NA,Jones CD,Monroy-Eklund A,Ehrenreich IM,Pfennig KS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect guts are often colonized by multispecies microbial communities that play integral roles in nutrition, digestion and defence. Community composition can differ across host species with increasing dietary and genetic divergence, yet gut microbiota can also vary between conspecific hosts and across an individual's ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hu Y,Łukasik P,Moreau CS,Russell JA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshwater biomonitoring programmes routinely sample aquatic macroinvertebrates. These samples are time-consuming to collect, as well as challenging and costly to identify reliably genus or species. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has emerged as a surrogate to traditional collection techniques and has been used...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Gleason JE,Elbrecht V,Braukmann TWA,Hanner RH,Cottenie K

更新日期：2020-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Nested clade phylogeographic analysis (NCPA) has become a popular method for reconstructing the history of populations across species ranges. Ever since its invention in 1995, criticisms have been formulated, but the method, which has been regularly updated, continues to attract investigators. Molecular Ecology has pu...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Petit RJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective population size (N(e)) is a key parameter to understand evolutionary processes and the viability of endangered populations as it determines the rate of genetic drift and inbreeding. Low Ne can lead to inbreeding depression and reduced population adaptability. In this study, we estimated contemporary N(e) usi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Baalsrud HT,Saether BE,Hagen IJ,Myhre AM,Ringsby TH,Pärn H,Jensen H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential gene flow, reductions in diversity following linked selection and/or features of the genome can structure patterns of genomic differentiation during the process of speciation. Possible sources of reproductive isolation are well studied between coastal and inland subspecies groups of Swainson's thrushes, w...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Delmore KE,Hübner S,Kane NC,Schuster R,Andrew RL,Câmara F,Guigó R,Irwin DE

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cooperatively breeding species, restricted dispersal of offspring leads to clustering of closely related individuals, increasing the potential both for indirect genetic benefits and inbreeding costs. In apostlebirds (Struthidea cinerea), philopatry by both sexes results in the formation of large (up to 17 birds), p...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Woxvold IA,Adcock GJ,Mulder RA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In theory, conservation genetics predicts that forest fragmentation will reduce gene dispersal, but in practice, genetic and ecological processes are also dependent on other population characteristics. We used Bayesian genetic analyses to characterize parentage and propagule dispersal in Heliconia acuminata L. C. Rich...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Côrtes MC,Uriarte M,Lemes MR,Gribel R,Kress WJ,Smouse PE,Bruna EM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation of DNA methylation is thought to play an important role for rapid adjustments of plant populations to dynamic environmental conditions, thus compensating for the relatively slow response time of genetic adaptations. However, genetic and epigenetic variation of wild plant populations has not yet been directly...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Schulz B,Eckstein RL,Durka W

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00