Sex, drugs and recombination: the wild life of Aspergillus.

abstract：:Sixty-four samples from 46 salmon populations totalling 2369 specimens were used for polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis of the mitochondrial ND1 region. The final analyses included 3095 specimens from 60 populations in Northern Europe. A subsample was analysed by RFL...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Nilsson J,Gross R,Asplund T,Dove O,Jansson H,Kelloniemi J,Kohlmann K,Löytynoja A,Nielsen EE,Paaver T,Primmer CR,Titov S,Vasemägi A,Veselov A,Ost T,Lumme J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a comparative phylogeographical approach to investigate the origins of the disjunct wet forest biota of the Golfo Dulce region along the Pacific slope of Costa Rica. This region is isolated by Pacific dry forests north and south and isolated from Caribbean wet forests by mountains. We studied three sympatric l...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Crawford AJ,Bermingham E,Carolina PS

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental studies of the interaction between host and symbiont in a maturing symbiotic organ have presented a challenge for most animal-bacterial associations. Advances in the rearing of the host squid Euprymna scolopes have enabled us to explore the relationship between a defect in symbiont light production and la...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Koch EJ,Miyashiro T,McFall-Ngai MJ,Ruby EG

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrachaetum elegans Ingold is a saprobic aquatic hyphomycete for which no sexual stage has yet been described. It occurs most commonly during the initial decay of tree leaves in temperate freshwater habitats and typically sporulates under water. Dispersal of the aquatic fungus takes place primarily in the water colum...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Laitung B,Chauvet E,Feau N,Fève K,Chikhi L,Gardes M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) restriction site and isozyme data were combined to explore the spatial-temporal influence of the Messinian desiccation in the Mediterranean on the disjunct distribution of Androcymbium gramineum in Almería and Morocco (north and south of the straits of Gibraltar, respectively). Lack of evidence...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Caujapé-Castells J,Jansen RK

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Archipelago-endemic bird radiations are familiar to evolutionary biologists as key illustrations of evolutionary patterns. However, such radiations are in fact rare events. White-eyes (Zosteropidae) are birds with an exceptionally high colonization and speciation potential; they have colonized more islands globally th...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Melo M,Warren BH,Jones PJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Dactylorhiza incarnata/maculata complex (Orchidaceae) was used as a model system to understand genetic differentiation processes in a naturally occurring polyploid complex with much of ongoing diversification and wide distribution in recently glaciated areas in northern Europe. Data were obtained for 12 hypervaria...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hedrén M,Nordström S,Ståhlberg D

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：:The evolution of resistance to drugs and pesticides poses a major threat to human health and food security. Neonicotinoids are highly effective insecticides used to control agricultural pests. They target the insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and mutations of the receptor that confer resistance have been slow to...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Homem RA,Buttery B,Richardson E,Tan Y,Field LM,Williamson MS,Emyr Davies TG

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic differentiation may exist among sympatric populations of a species due to long-term associations with alternative hosts (i.e. host-associated differentiation). While host-associated differentiation has been documented in several phytophagus insects, there are far fewer cases known in animal parasites. The bed ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Booth W,Balvín O,Vargo EL,Vilímová J,Schal C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host-pathogen interactions are of particular interest in studies of the interplay between population dynamics and natural selection. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes of demographically fluctuating species are highly suitable markers for such studies, because they are involved in initiating the immune r...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Bryja J,Charbonnel N,Berthier K,Galan M,Cosson JF

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapping the genes responsible for natural variation and divergence is a challenging task. Many studies have mapped genes to genomic regions or generated lists of candidates, but few studies have implicated specific genes with a high standard of evidence. I propose that combining recent advances in genomic engineering ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Turner TL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene flow is a fundamental evolutionary force in adaptation that is especially important to understand as humans are rapidly changing both the natural environment and natural levels of gene flow. Theory proposes a multifaceted role for gene flow in adaptation, but it focuses mainly on the disruptive effect that gene f...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Tigano A,Friesen VL

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Edaphic specialization is one of the main drivers of plant diversification and has multifaceted effects on population dynamics. Carex angustisquama is a sedge plant growing only on heavily acidified soil in solfatara fields, where only extremophytes can survive. Because of the lack of closely related species in simila...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Nagasawa K,Setoguchi H,Maki M,Goto H,Fukushima K,Isagi Y,Suyama Y,Matsuo A,Tsunamoto Y,Sawa K,Sakaguchi S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antrodiaetus riversi is a dispersal-limited, habitat-specialized mygalomorph spider species endemic to mesic woodlands of northern and central California. Here, we build upon prior phylogeographic research using a much larger geographic sample and include additional nuclear genes, providing more detailed biogeographic...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hedin M,Starrett J,Hayashi C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region (1043 base pairs) and 162-bp of flanking transfer RNA genes were sequenced in 316 European grayling, Thymallus thymallus, from 44 populations throughout the Western European range of the species. A total of 58 haplotypes were revealed with pairwise divergence rangi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Weiss S,Persat H,Eppe R,Schlötterer C,Uiblein F

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation is often arrayed in latitudinal or altitudinal clines, reflecting either adaptation along environmental gradients, migratory routes, or both. For forest trees, climate is one of the most important drivers of adaptive phenotypic traits. Correlations of single and multilocus genotypes with environmenta...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Eckert AJ,Bower AD,González-Martínez SC,Wegrzyn JL,Coop G,Neale DB

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine metapopulations often exhibit subtle population structure that can be difficult to detect. Given recent advances in high-throughput sequencing, an emerging question is whether various genotyping approaches, in concert with improved sampling designs, will substantially improve our understanding of genetic struct...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： D'Aloia CC,Andrés JA,Bogdanowicz SM,McCune AR,Harrison RG,Buston PM

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the role of interspecific interactions in shaping ecological communities is one of the central goals in community ecology. In fungal communities, measuring interspecific interactions directly is challenging because these communities are composed of large numbers of species, many of which are unculturable...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Abrego N,Roslin T,Huotari T,Tack AJM,Lindahl BD,Tikhonov G,Somervuo P,Schmidt NM,Ovaskainen O

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive species' success may depend strongly on the genetic resources they maintain through the invasion process. We ask how many introductions have occurred in the North American weed Centaurea stoebe micranthos (Asteraceae), and explore whether genetic diversity and population structure have changed as a result of ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Marrs RA,Sforza R,Hufbauer RA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variance in reproductive success is a major determinant of the degree of genetic drift in a population. While many plants and animals exhibit high variance in their number of progeny, far less is known about these distributions for microorganisms. Here, we used a strain barcoding approach to quantify variability in of...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Wright ES,Vetsigian KH

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of studies describe moving hybrid zones. This raises the issue of their actual frequency and emphasizes the need for methods that enable the detection of zone movements without historical records. Asymmetric introgression, usually considered as a signature of geographical shift, might be misleadin...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Secondi J,Faivre B,Bensch S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Greater prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) were once found throughout the tallgrass prairie of midwestern North America but over the last century these prairies have been lost or fragmented by human land use. As a consequence, many current populations of prairie-chickens have become isolated and small. Thi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Johnson JA,Toepfer JE,Dunn PO

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:We reanalysed published data to evaluate whether climate and habitat are barriers to dispersal in one of the most mobile and widely distributed mammals, the grey wolf (Canis lupus). Distance-based redundancy analysis (dbRDA) was used to examine the amount of variation in genetic distances that could be explained by an...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Geffen E,Anderson MJ,Wayne RK

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the late 1990s, molecular techniques have fuelled debate about the role of Pleistocene glacial cycles in structuring contemporary avian diversity in North America. The debate is still heated; however, there is widespread agreement that the Pleistocene glacial cycles forced the repeated contraction, fragmentation...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Spellman GM,Riddle B,Klicka J

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic subdivision in local populations of the European house mice, Mus musculus domesticus and M. m. musculus, was analysed to study patterns of gene flow. The data consisted of frequencies of microsatellite alleles in 16 samples (250 individuals) from a total of 11 sites in Jutland, which included successive sample...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Dallas JF,Dod B,Boursot P,Prager EM,Bonhomme F

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) migrate between nesting beaches and feeding habitats that are often associated with tropical reefs, but it is uncertain which nesting colonies supply which feeding habitats. To address this gap in hawksbill biology, we compile previously published and new mitochondrial DNA (m...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Bowen BW,Grant WS,Hillis-Starr Z,Shaver DJ,Bjorndal KA,Bolten AB,Bass AL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inbreeding depression is the loss of fitness resulting from the mating of genetically related individuals. Traditionally, the study of inbreeding depression focused on genetic effects, although recent research has identified DNA methylation as also having a role in inbreeding effects. Since inbreeding depression and D...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Venney CJ,Johansson ML,Heath DD

更新日期：2016-09-01 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