Using probability modelling and genetic parentage assignment to test the role of local mate availability in mating system variation.

abstract：:Using the phylogeographic framework, we assessed the DNA sequence variation at the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene across the distribution range of the barbel Barbus barbus, a widely distributed European cyprinid. Reciprocal monophyly of non-Mediterranean European and Balkan/Anatolian populations is taken as evidence ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Kotlík P,Berrebi P

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：: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：:Habitat fragmentation represents the single most serious threat to the survival of tropical ecosystems. In formulating strategies to counteract the detrimental effects of fragmentation, knowledge of the levels and patterns of genetic diversity within and between natural populations is vital to the establishment of any...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Lira CF,Cardoso SR,Ferreira PC,Cardoso MA,Provan J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproducibility is the benchmark for results and conclusions drawn from scientific studies, but systematic studies on the reproducibility of scientific results are surprisingly rare. Moreover, many modern statistical methods make use of 'random walk' model fitting procedures, and these are inherently stochastic in the...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Gilbert KJ,Andrew RL,Bock DG,Franklin MT,Kane NC,Moore JS,Moyers BT,Renaut S,Rennison DJ,Veen T,Vines TH

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Robust assessments of taxonomic and functional diversity are essential components of research programmes aimed at understanding current biodiversity patterns and forecasting trajectories of ecological changes. Yet, evaluating marine biodiversity along its dimensions is challenging and dependent on the power and accura...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Aglieri G,Baillie C,Mariani S,Cattano C,Calò A,Turco G,Spatafora D,Di Franco A,Di Lorenzo M,Guidetti P,Milazzo M

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Organisms often respond to environmental changes by producing alternative phenotypes. Epigenetic processes such as DNA methylation may contribute to environmentally induced phenotypic variation by modifying gene expression. Changes in DNA methylation, unlike DNA mutations, can be influenced by the environment; they ar...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Angers B,Castonguay E,Massicotte R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The macrogeographic population structure of the agricultural pest Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae) was investigated in order to identify the geographic origin of the species and reconstruct its range expansion. Individuals of B. cucurbitae were collected from 25 worldwide-distributed localities (n = 570) a...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Virgilio M,Delatte H,Backeljau T,De Meyer M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation rates at microsatellites tend to increase with the number of repeats of the motif, leading to higher levels of polymorphism at long microsatellites. To standardize levels of diversity when microsatellites differ in size, we investigate the relationship between tract length and variation and provide a formula ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Petit RJ,Deguilloux MF,Chat J,Grivet D,Garnier-Géré P,Vendramin GG

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Microsatellites are powerful molecular markers, used commonly to estimate intraspecific genetic distances. With the exception of band sharing similarity index, available distance measures were developed specifically for diploid organisms and are unsuited for comparisons of polyploids. Here, we present a simpl...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Bruvo R,Michiels NK,D'Souza TG,Schulenburg H

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of stable genetic boundaries between emerging species is often diagnosed by reduced hybrid fitness relative to parental taxa. This reduced fitness can arise from endogenous and/or exogenous barriers to gene flow. Although detecting exogenous barriers in nature is difficult, we can estimate the role of ec...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Tarroso P,Pereira RJ,Martínez-Freiría F,Godinho R,Brito JC

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:The diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium) in pocilloporid corals originating from various reef habitats surrounding Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, was examined by targeting ribosomal, mitochondrial, and chloroplast genes using six methods that analyse for sequence differences. The ability o...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Sampayo EM,Dove S,Lajeunesse TC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seagrass meadows are among the most important coastal ecosystems in terms of both spatial extent and ecosystem services, but they are also declining worldwide. Understanding the drivers of seagrass meadow dynamics is essential for designing sound management, conservation and restoration strategies. However, poor knowl...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Arnaud-Haond S,Stoeckel S,Bailleul D

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabarcoding has been used in a range of ecological applications such as taxonomic assignment, dietary analysis and the analysis of environmental DNA. However, after a decade of use in these applications there is little consensus on the extent to which proportions of reads generated corresponds to the original propor...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Lamb PD,Hunter E,Pinnegar JK,Creer S,Davies RG,Taylor MI

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The confounding effects of population structure complicate efforts to identify regions of the genome under the influence of selection in natural populations. Here we test for evidence of selection in three genes involved in vertebrate immune function - the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), interferon gamma (IFNG...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Worley K,Carey J,Veitch A,Coltman DW

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The California Floristic Province harbours more endemic plant and animal taxa and more identifiable subspecies than any other area of comparable size in North America. We present evidence that physical historical processes have resulted in congruent patterns of genetic diversity over the past 2-10 million years. Using...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Calsbeek R,Thompson JN,Richardson JE

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:Social insect colonies possess a range of defences which protect them against highly virulent parasites and colony collapse. The host-parasite interaction between honey bees (Apis mellifera) and the mite Varroa destructor is unusual, as honey bee colonies are relatively poorly defended against this parasite. The inter...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Conlon BH,Aurori A,Giurgiu AI,Kefuss J,Dezmirean DS,Moritz RFA,Routtu J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of mitochondrial (mt)DNA size polymorphism in the form of variable number tandem repeats (mtVNTRs) has become an increasingly popular methodology for addressing questions in molecular ecology. When detected by PCR, mtVNTR analysis can provide a sensitive, rapid, and cost-effective measure of genetic variabili...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Lunt DH,Whipple LE,Hyman BC

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relatedness increases the likelihood of cooperation within colonies of social insects. Polygyny, the coexistence of numerous reproductive females (queens) in a colony, is common in mature colonies of the termite Macrotermes michaelseni. In this species, polygyny results from pleometrosis and from several female alates...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hacker M,Kaib M,Bagine RK,Epplen JT,Brandl R

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male nuptial colour hues are important for the maintenance of reproductive isolation among cichlid fish species, and environmental changes that lead to narrower light spectra can lead to hybridization. However, cichlid species can naturally co-occur in narrow light spectrum habitats, such as turbid shallow lakes and t...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Genner MJ,Nichols P,Carvalho GR,Robinson RL,Shaw PW,Turner GF

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:Local adaptation can be a fundamental component of speciation, but its dynamics in relation to gene flow are not necessarily straightforward. Herbivorous taxa with localized host plant or habitat specialization across their geographic range are ideal models for investigating the patterns and constraints of local adapt...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Dupuis JR,Peigler RS,Geib SM,Rubinoff D

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:The establishment and subsequent spread of invasive species is widely recognized as one of the most threatening processes contributing to global biodiversity loss. This is especially true for marine and estuarine ecosystems, which have experienced significant increases in the number of invasive species with the increa...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Richardson MF,Sherman CD,Lee RS,Bott NJ,Hirst AJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations residing near species' low-latitude range margins (LLMs) often occur in warmer and drier environments than those in the core range. Thus, their genetic composition could be shaped by climatic drivers that differ from those occurring at higher latitudes, resulting in potentially adaptive variants of conserv...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Temunović M,Garnier-Géré P,Morić M,Franjić J,Ivanković M,Bogdan S,Hampe A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the consequences of barriers, stream architecture and putative dispersal capability on levels of genetic differentiation among populations of the freshwater fish Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum. Seven polymorphic allozyme loci and sequences of a 498-bp fragment of the ATPase 6 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) gen...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： McGlashan DJ,Hughes JM

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Understanding the pattern of connectivity among populations is crucial for the development of realistic and spatially explicit population models in marine systems. Here we analysed variation at eight microsatellite loci to assess the genetic structure and to infer patterns of larval dispersal for a brooding coral, Ser...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Underwood JN,Smith LD,Van Oppen MJ,Gilmour JP

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00