Philopatry and within-colony movements in Columbian ground squirrels.

abstract：:We used comparative landscape genetics to examine the relative roles of historical events, intrinsic traits and landscape factors in determining the distribution of genetic diversity of river fishes across the North American Great Plains. Spatial patterns of diversity were overlaid on a patch-based graphical model and...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Osborne MJ,Perkin JS,Gido KB,Turner TF

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corals play a key role in ocean ecosystems and carbonate balance, but their molecular response to ocean acidification remains unclear. The only previous whole-transcriptome study (Moya et al. Molecular Ecology, 2012; 21, 2440) documented extensive disruption of gene expression, particularly of genes encoding skeletal ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Moya A,Huisman L,Forêt S,Gattuso JP,Hayward DC,Ball EE,Miller DJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chytridiomycosis is a recently identified fungal disease associated with global population declines of frogs. Although the fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is considered an emerging pathogen, little is known about its population genetics, including the origin of the current epidemic and how this relates to the ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Morehouse EA,James TY,Ganley AR,Vilgalys R,Berger L,Murphy PJ,Longcore JE

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, is a geographically widespread species endemic to Australia, with three currently recognized subspecies: P.c. adustus, P.c. cinereus, and P.c. victor. Intraspecific variation in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region was examined in over 200 animals from 16 representative popul...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Houlden BA,Costello BH,Sharkey D,Fowler EV,Melzer A,Ellis W,Carrick F,Baverstock PR,Elphinstone MS

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rivers and lake systems in the southern cone of South America have been widely influenced by historical glaciations, carrying important implications for the evolution of aquatic organisms, including prompting transitions between marine and freshwater habitats and by triggering hybridization among incipient species via...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hughes LC,Cardoso YP,Sommer JA,Cifuentes R,Cuello M,Somoza GM,González-Castro M,Malabarba LR,Cussac V,Habit EM,Betancur-R R,Ortí G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African cichlid fishes are a prime model for studying speciation mechanisms. Despite the development of extensive genomic resources, it has been difficult to determine which sources of genetic variation are responsible for cichlid phenotypic variation. One of their most variable phenotypes is visual sensitivity, with ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Carleton KL,Conte MA,Malinsky M,Nandamuri SP,Sandkam BA,Meier JI,Mwaiko S,Seehausen O,Kocher TD

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species exhibiting morphological homogeneity and strong population structuring present challenging taxonomic problems: morphology-based approaches infer few species, whereas genetic approaches often indicate more. Morphologically cryptic, yet genetically divergent species groups require alternative approaches to delim...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Stockman AK,Bond JE

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving resistance durability involves to be able to predict the adaptation speed of pathogen populations. Identifying the genetic bases of pathogen adaptation to plant resistances is a useful step to better understand and anticipate this phenomenon. Globodera pallida is a major pest of potato crop for which a resis...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Eoche-Bosy D,Gautier M,Esquibet M,Legeai F,Bretaudeau A,Bouchez O,Fournet S,Grenier E,Montarry J

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:American marten (Martes americana) have a close association with mature temperate forests, a habitat that expanded throughout the Pacific Northwest as glaciers receded at the end of the Pleistocene. Similar to several other forest-associated mammals in North America (e.g. black bear), genetic analysis of the marten sh...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Small MP,Stone KD,Cook JA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How males gain access to mates and the potential for female choice will determine whether polygyny can operate at several levels, from within litters and groups to the wider population. Female lesser flat-headed bats (Tylonycteris pachypus) form maternity groups in bamboo stems. Unusually for bats, they are multiparou...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hua P,Zhang L,Zhu G,Jones G,Zhang S,Rossiter SJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyploidy (whole-genome duplication) has contributed significantly to angiosperm evolution and diversification. To date, it has been found that most polyploids are the result of multiple formation events, which may contribute to genetic diversity and affect interfertility among polyploid lineages of independent origi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Modliszewski JL,Willis JH

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological invasions usually start with a small number of founder individuals. These founders are likely to represent a small fraction of the total genetic diversity found in the source population. Our study set out to trace genetically the geographical origin of the horse-chestnut leafminer, Cameraria ohridella, an i...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Valade R,Kenis M,Hernandez-Lopez A,Augustin S,Mari Mena N,Magnoux E,Rougerie R,Lakatos F,Roques A,Lopez-Vaamonde C

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:Comparisons among patterns exhibited by functionally distinct genetic markers have been widely used to infer the impacts of demography and selection in structuring genetic variation in natural populations. However, such multilocus comparisons remain an indirect evaluation of selection at particular candidate loci; ide...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Schmidt PS,Phifer-Rixey M,Taylor GM,Christner J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Neotropical region represents one of the greatest biodiversity hot spots on earth. Despite its unparalleled biodiversity, regional comparative phylogeographic studies are still scarce, with most focusing on model clades (e.g. birds) and typically examining a handful of loci. Here, we apply a genome-wide comparativ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Rincon-Sandoval M,Betancur-R R,Maldonado-Ocampo JA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ecosystem service of insect pest regulation by natural enemies, such as primary parasitoids, may be enhanced by the presence of uncultivated, semi-natural habitats within agro-ecosystems, although quantifying such host-parasitoid interactions is difficult. Here, we use rRNA 16S gene sequencing to assess both the l...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Derocles SA,Le Ralec A,Besson MM,Maret M,Walton A,Evans DM,Plantegenest M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New methods for better identification of timber geographical origin would constitute an important technical element in the forest industry, for phytosanitary certification procedures or in the chain of custody developed for the certification of timber from sustainably managed forests. In the case of the European white...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Deguilloux MF,Pemonge MH,Bertel L,Kremer A,Petit RJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As natural selection must act on underlying genetic variation, discovering the number and location of loci under the influence of selection is imperative towards understanding adaptive divergence in evolving populations. Studies employing genome scans have hypothesized that the action of divergent selection should red...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Rogers SM,Bernatchez L

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：:The harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, experiences high levels of nonnatural mortality owing to interactions with commercial fisheries throughout its range. To accurately evaluate the significance of this bycatch, information on population structure is required. We have examined the population structure of this spec...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Rosel PE,France SC,Wang JY,Kocher TD

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA control region sequences and seven microsatellites were used to estimate the genetic structuring, evolutionary history and historic migration patterns of the kob antelope (Kobus kob). Ten populations were analysed, representing the three recognized K. kob subspecies: K. k. kob in west Africa, K. k. t...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Lorenzen ED,De Neergaard R,Arctander P,Siegismund HR

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：: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：:Social bees are important insect pollinators of wildflowers and agricultural crops, making their reported declines a global concern. A major factor implicated in these declines is the widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides. Indeed, recent research has demonstrated that exposure to low doses of these neurotoxic pes...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Colgan TJ,Fletcher IK,Arce AN,Gill RJ,Ramos Rodrigues A,Stolle E,Chittka L,Wurm Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes, coding molecules which play an important role in immune response, are the most polymorphic genes known in vertebrates. However, MHC polymorphism in some species is limited. MHC monomorphism at several MHC class I and II loci was previously reported for two neighbouring nor...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Babik W,Durka W,Radwan J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined male reproductive success in a common brushtail possum population in New Zealand farmland. Paternity was assigned to 66 of 91 pouch young (maternity known), using a likelihood approach applied to genotypes at six microsatellite loci having an overall average exclusion probability of around 99%. The distrib...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Taylor AC,Cowan PE,Fricke BL,Cooper DW

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weedy rice (Oryza spp.), a weedy relative of cultivated rice (O. sativa), infests and persists in cultivated rice fields worldwide. Many weedy rice populations have evolved similar adaptive traits, considered part of the 'agricultural weed syndrome', making this an ideal model to study the genetic basis of parallel ev...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Huang Z,Young ND,Reagon M,Hyma KE,Olsen KM,Jia Y,Caicedo AL

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern analytical methods for population genetics and phylogenetics are expected to provide more accurate results when data from multiple genome-wide loci are analysed. We present the results of an initial application of parallel tagged sequencing (PTS) on a next-generation platform to sequence thousands of barcoded P...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： O'Neill EM,Schwartz R,Bullock CT,Williams JS,Shaffer HB,Aguilar-Miguel X,Parra-Olea G,Weisrock DW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbes have evolved ways of interference competition to gain advantage over their ecological competitors. The use of secreted killer toxins by yeast cells through acquiring double-stranded RNA viruses is one such prominent example. Although the killer behaviour has been well studied in laboratory yeast strains, our ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Chang SL,Leu JY,Chang TH

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00