Digital gene expression analysis of gastrointestinal helminth resistance in Scottish blackface lambs.

abstract：:Sex chromosomes are believed to be stable in endotherms, but young and evolutionary unstable in most ectothermic vertebrates. Within lacertids, the widely radiated lizard group, sex chromosomes have been reported to vary in morphology and heterochromatinization, which may suggest turnovers during the evolution of the ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Rovatsos M,Vukić J,Altmanová M,Johnson Pokorná M,Moravec J,Kratochvíl L

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epichloë endophytes are fungal symbionts of grasses that span a continuum including asexual mutualists that are vertically transmitted, obligately sexual pathogens that are horizontally transmitted, and mixed-strategy symbionts with both mutualistic and pathogenic capabilities. Here we show that processes of genome ev...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Moon CD,Craven KD,Leuchtmann A,Clement SL,Schardl CL

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studying the evolutionary history of trait divergence, in particular those related to dispersal capacity, is of major interest for the process of local adaptation and metapopulation dynamics. Here, we reconstruct the evolution of different alleles at the nuclear-encoded mitochondrial NADP(+)-dependent isocitrate dehyd...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Van Belleghem SM,Roelofs D,Hendrickx F

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Two endemic groundwater arthropod crustacean species, Crangonyx islandicus and Crymostygius thingvallensis, were recently discovered on the mid-Atlantic volcanic island of Iceland. The extent of morphological differences from closest relatives, endemism, along with the geographic isolation of Iceland and its complet...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Kornobis E,Pálsson S,Kristjánsson BK,Svavarsson J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At high altitude, the reduced availability of thermal energy and oxygen poses major challenges to organisms. Different species or populations have evolved similar solutions to these challenges, such as blood flow regulation in animals (Bouverot, 1985). Previous studies investigating such convergent adaptations have pr...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Mazel F

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatial genetic structure within plant populations is influenced by variation in demographic processes through space and time, including a population's successional status. To determine how demographic structure and fine-scale genetic structure (FSGS) change with stages in a population's successional history, we studi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Chung MY,Nason JD,Chung MG

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from 25 blue tits Parus caeruleus sampled from two populations of the Grenoble region (France) was assayed for polymorphism with 17 restriction endonucleases. Nine genotypes were found. Several mtDNA genotypes were also analysed by amplification via the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and dir...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Taberlet P,Meyer A,Bouvet J

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What makes a species able to colonize novel environments? This question is key to understand the dynamics of adaptive radiations and ecological niche shifts, but the mechanisms that underlie expansion into novel habitats remain poorly understood at a genomic scale. Lizards from the genus Anolis are typically tropical,...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Bourgeois Y,Boissinot S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic differentiation in thermal adaptation can result from a trade-off between the performance of organisms across different temperatures or from the accumulation of deleterious mutations. In this experiment, we assayed thermal sensitivity of 138 genetically distinct Mycosphaerella graminicola isolates sampled from...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Zhan J,McDonald BA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crop-wild hybridization has been documented in many cultivated species, but the ecological and genetic factors that influence the likelihood or rate that cultivar alleles will introgress into wild populations are poorly understood. Seed predation is one factor that could mitigate the spread of otherwise advantageous c...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Dechaine JM,Burger JC,Burke JM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the phylogeographic pattern of the Patagonian and Subantarctic plant Hypochaeris incana endemic to southeastern South America. We applied amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) analysis to 28 and 32 populations, respectively, throughout its distributional range and assessed...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Tremetsberger K,Urtubey E,Terrab A,Baeza CM,Ortiz MA,Talavera M,König C,Temsch EM,Kohl G,Talavera S,Stuessy TF

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carabid beetle Pterostichus melanarius is a major natural enemy of pests, such as aphids and slugs in agricultural systems. Earthworms are a dominant non-pest component of the diet of P. melanarius which help sustain the beetles during periods when the pest population is low or absent. In this study we wanted to t...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： King RA,Vaughan IP,Bell JR,Bohan DA,Symondson WO

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolbachia are maternally transmitted bacteria that alter their arthropod hosts' reproduction in various ways, including parthenogenesis induction (PI). Wolbachia-induced parthenogenesis can have drastic effects on the genetic structure of its host because it potentially reduces populations to clones without genetic ex...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Pannebakker BA,Zwaan BJ,Beukeboom LW,Van Alphen JJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybrid zones are important windows into ecological and evolutionary processes. Our understanding of the significance and prevalence of hybridization in nature has expanded with the generation and analysis of genome-spanning data sets. That said, most hybridization research still has restricted temporal and spatial res...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Stewart KA,Taylor SA

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Domestic species such as cattle (Bos taurus taurus and B. t. indicus) represent attractive biological models to characterize the genetic basis of short-term evolutionary response to climate pressure induced by their post-domestication history. Here, using newly generated dense SNP genotyping data, we assessed the stru...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Flori L,Moazami-Goudarzi K,Alary V,Araba A,Boujenane I,Boushaba N,Casabianca F,Casu S,Ciampolini R,Coeur D'Acier A,Coquelle C,Delgado JV,El-Beltagi A,Hadjipavlou G,Jousselin E,Landi V,Lauvie A,Lecomte P,Ligda C,Mari

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many parasites manipulate their hosts' phenotype. In particular, parasites with complex life cycles take control of their intermediate hosts' behaviour and life history to increase transmission to their definitive host. The proximate mechanisms underlying these parasite-induced alterations are poorly understood. The c...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Feldmeyer B,Mazur J,Beros S,Lerp H,Binder H,Foitzik S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How does one species become two? What is the relative importance of selection vs. drift? How many genes are involved, what are their effect sizes and where are they located in the genome? The answers to these questions will inevitably vary from one species to another, but by addressing these questions in a diverse arr...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Yeaman S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the success of invasive species, it is important to know whether colonization events are facilitated by adaptive evolution or are limited to sites where a species is pre-adapted to thrive. Studies of the ancient colonization patterns of an invader in its native range provide an opportunity to examine its...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Dlugosch KM,Parker IM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a large project to determine rooting depth and resource uptake on the Edwards Plateau of central Texas, we developed a DNA-based technique that allows the below-ground parts of all plants to be identified to the level of genus and usually to species. Identification is achieved by comparing DNA sequences of ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Linder CR,Moore LA,Jackson RB

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutualistic interactions of plants with true fungi are a well-known and widespread phenomenon, which includes mycorrhiza and non-mycorrhizal endophytes like species of Epichloë. Despite the fact that these organisms intrude into plants, neither strong defence reactions nor the onset of symptoms of disease can be obser...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Ploch S,Thines M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelophylax esculentus is a hybridogenetic frog originating from matings between P. ridibundus (RR) and P. lessonae (LL). Typically, diploid hybrids (LR) live in sympatry with one of their parental species, upon which they depend for successful reproduction. In parts of their range, however, pure hybrid populations can...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Arioli M,Jakob C,Reyer HU

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed genetic differentiation and diversity in 14 populations of sika deer (Cervus nippon) from Japan and four populations of sika deer introduced to the UK, using nine microsatellite loci. We observed extreme levels of differentiation and significant differences in diversity between populations. Our results do ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Goodman SJ,Tamate HB,Wilson R,Nagata J,Tatsuzawa S,Swanson GM,Pemberton JM,McCullough DR

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The theory of classical and cryptic Pleistocene refugia is based mainly on historical changes in temperature, and the refugia are usually defined within a latitudinal gradient. However, the gradient of oceanic-continental climate (i.e. longitudinal) was also significantly variable during glacial cycles with important ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Říčanová Š,Koshev Y,Říčan O,Ćosić N,Ćirović D,Sedláček F,Bryja J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crater lakes provide a natural laboratory to study speciation of cichlid fishes by ecological divergence. Up to now, there has been a dearth of transcriptomic and genomic information that would aid in understanding the molecular basis of the phenotypic differentiation between young species. We used next-generation seq...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Elmer KR,Fan S,Gunter HM,Jones JC,Boekhoff S,Kuraku S,Meyer A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct gradient analyses in spatial genetics provide unique opportunities to describe the inherent complexity of genetic variation in wildlife species and are the object of many methodological developments. However, multicollinearity among explanatory variables is a systemic issue in multivariate regression analyses a...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Prunier JG,Colyn M,Legendre X,Nimon KF,Flamand MC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the origin of new species is a central goal in evolutionary biology. Diverging lineages often evolve highly heterogeneous patterns of genetic differentiation; however, the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. We investigated evolutionary processes governing genetic differentiation between the h...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Liu X,Glémin S,Karrenberg S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been long recognized that population demographic expansions lead to distinctive features in the molecular diversity of populations. However, recent simulation results have suggested that a distinction could be made between a pure demographic expansion in an unsubdivided population, and a range expansion in a su...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Excoffier L

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most landscape genetic studies assess the impact of landscape elements on species' dispersal and gene flow. Many of these studies perform their analysis on all possible population pairs in a study area and do not explicitly consider the effects of spatial scale and population network topology on their results. Here, w...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Keller D,Holderegger R,van Strien MJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological invasions comprise accidental evolutionary experiments, whose genetic compositions underlie relative success, spread and persistence in new habitats. However, little is known about whether, or how, their population genetic patterns change temporally and/or spatially across the invasion's history. Theory pre...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Snyder MR,Stepien CA

更新日期：2017-02-01 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