Incorporating latitudinal and central-marginal trends in assessing genetic variation across species ranges.

abstract：:Oryza rufipogon Griff. is the most agriculturally important but seriously endangered wild rice species. To better estimate how genetic structure can be used to obtained a conservation perspective of the species, genetic variability at six polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci was examined. High levels of genetic variabi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Gao L

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swordtails (Xiphophorus; Poeciliidae) have figured prominently in research on fish mating behaviours, sexual selection, and carcinogenesis, but their population structures and dispersal patterns have been relatively neglected. Using nine microsatellite loci, we estimated genetic differentiation in Xiphophorus helleri ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Tatarenkov A,Healey CI,Avise JC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) is an ecologically dominant grass with wide distribution across the environmental gradient of U.S. Midwest grasslands. This system offers an ideal natural laboratory to study population divergence and adaptation in spatially varying climates. Objectives were to: (i) characterize neut...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Gray MM,St Amand P,Bello NM,Galliart MB,Knapp M,Garrett KA,Morgan TJ,Baer SG,Maricle BR,Akhunov ED,Johnson LC

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coral reefs in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) are among the most isolated in the world. This isolation has resulted in relatively low species diversity but comparatively high endemism. The dominant reef-building corals of the TEP are the Pocillopora corals, a ubiquitous Indo-Pacific genus commonly regarded as infe...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Combosch DJ,Guzman HM,Schuhmacher H,Vollmer SV

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) copy number variation (CNV) has major physiological implications for all organisms, but how it varies for fungi, an ecologically ubiquitous and important group of microorganisms, has yet to be systemically investigated. Here, we examine rDNA CNV using an in silico read depth approach for 91 fungal...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Lofgren LA,Uehling JK,Branco S,Bruns TD,Martin F,Kennedy PG

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seemingly eternal cycles of clonal growth in many tree species, with members of Populus (aspen, poplars, cottonwoods and the like) featuring most prominently, provoke a number of questions on the interface between ecology, genetics and forestry. In this issue, two groups present their approaches to clonal dynamics...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Heinze B,Fussi B

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The facultative endosymbiont of aphids, Hamiltonella defensa, kills parasitoid wasp larvae, allowing aphid hosts to survive and reproduce. This protection may depend on toxins that are encoded by the genomes of H. defensa and of its bacteriophage (APSE). Strains of H. defensa vary in degree of protection conferred upo...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Degnan PH,Moran NA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variation and taxonomic diversity among mammalian gut microbiomes raises several questions about the factors that contribute to the rates and patterns of change in these microbial communities. By comparing the microbiome compositions of 112 species representing 14 mammalian orders, we assessed how host and ecologi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Nishida AH,Ochman H

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbiomes of rhizocompartments (nodule endophytes, root endophytes, rhizosphere and root zone) in soya bean and alfalfa were analysed using high-throughput sequencing to investigate the interactions among legume species, microorganisms and soil types. A clear hierarchical filtration of microbiota by plants was o...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Xiao X,Chen W,Zong L,Yang J,Jiao S,Lin Y,Wang E,Wei G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diversification and speciation of terrestrial organisms are anticipated in oceanic islands such as Macaronesia, a group of Atlantic islands that have remained unconnected to continental landmasses. Hitherto, the diversification of marine organisms in oceanic islands, especially those with low vagility, has received li...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Vieira PE,Desiderato A,Holdich DM,Soares P,Creer S,Carvalho GR,Costa FO,Queiroga H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The geographic distributions of marine fishes have been shaped by ancient vicariance and ongoing dispersal events. Some species exhibit anti-equatorial distributions, inhabiting temperate regions on both sides of the tropics while being absent from equatorial latitudes. The perciform fish Microcanthus strigatus (the s...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Tea YK,Van Der Wal C,Ludt WB,Gill AC,Lo N,Ho SYW

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new polymerase chain reaction-based screening method for microsatellites is presented. Using this method, we isolated 12 microsatellite loci from Drosophila buzzatii, two of which were X-linked. We applied the other 10 microsatellite loci to the analysis of genetic variation in five natural populations of D. buzzati...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Frydenberg J,Pertoldi C,Dahlgaard J,Loeschcke V

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current forestry policy promotes the use of local seed for new plantings, on the assumption that local material may be better adapted to local conditions. However, landscape-scale genetic studies which are necessary to underpin conservation and breeding strategies are often lacking. We investigated molecular diversity...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Sutherland BG,Belaj A,Nier S,Cottrell JE,P Vaughan S,Hubert J,Russell K

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:Fragmentation and loss of natural habitats are recognized as major threats to contemporary flora and fauna. Detecting past or current reductions in population size is therefore a major aim in conservation genetics. Statistical methods developed to this purpose have tended to ignore the effects of spatial population st...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Leblois R,Estoup A,Streiff R

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite no obvious barriers to gene flow in the marine realm, environmental variation and ecological specializations can lead to genetic differentiation in highly mobile predators. Here, we investigated the genetic structure of the harbour porpoise over the entire species distribution range in western Palearctic water...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Fontaine MC,Roland K,Calves I,Austerlitz F,Palstra FP,Tolley KA,Ryan S,Ferreira M,Jauniaux T,Llavona A,Öztürk B,Öztürk AA,Ridoux V,Rogan E,Sequeira M,Siebert U,Vikingsson GA,Borrell A,Michaux JR,Aguilar A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In terrestrial ecosystems, plant species and diverse root-associated fungi form complex networks of host-symbiont associations. Recent studies have revealed that structures of those below-ground plant-fungus networks differ between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal symbioses. Nonetheless, we still remain igno...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Toju H,Tanabe AS,Ishii HS

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most relatives of the self-fertilizing hermaphroditic nematode model organism Caenorhabditis elegans reproduce via obligate outbreeding between males and females, which also represents the ancestral mode of reproduction within the genus. However, little is known about the scope of genetic diversity and differentiation...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Wang GX,Ren S,Ren Y,Ai H,Cutter AD

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:Insects form the most species-rich lineage of Eukaryotes and each is a potential host for organisms from multiple phyla, including fungi, protozoa, mites, bacteria and nematodes. In particular, beetles are known to be associated with distinct bacterial communities and entomophilic nematodes. While entomopathogenic nem...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Koneru SL,Salinas H,Flores GE,Hong RL

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing consensus that much of the contemporary phylogeography of northern hemisphere coastal taxa reflects the impact of Pleistocene glaciation, when glaciers covered much of the coastline at higher latitudes and sea levels dropped by as much as 150 m. The genetic signature of postglacial recolonization ha...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Wilson AB,Eigenmann Veraguth I

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the announcement of the first case of rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) in a pet rabbit, housed indoors in Canada for more than 1 year, I submitted an evidence-based explanation to ProMed explaining how RHD might have caused the death of 'one' of the three pet rabbits. I suggested with supporting evidence, t...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Gould EA

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies found fish egg-specific bacterial communities that changed over the course of embryogenesis, suggesting an interaction between the developing host and its microbiota. Indeed, single-strain infections demonstrated that the virulence of opportunistic bacteria is influenced by environmental factors and hos...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Wilkins LG,Fumagalli L,Wedekind C

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population of Stratiomys japonica, a species belonging to the family Stratiomyidae (Diptera), common name 'soldier flies', occurs in a hot volcanic spring, which is apparently among the most inhospitable environments for animals because of chemical and thermal conditions. Larvae of this species, which naturally ofte...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Garbuz DG,Zatsepina OG,Przhiboro AA,Yushenova I,Guzhova IV,Evgen'ev MB

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The populations of the bivalve clam Macoma balthica in the low-salinity Northern Baltic Sea represent an admixture of two strongly diverged genomic origins, the Pacific Macoma balthica balthica (approx. 60% genomic contribution) and Atlantic Macoma balthica rubra (40%). Using allozyme and mtDNA characters, we describe...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Nikula R,Strelkov P,Väinölä R

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both climatic and geographical factors play an important role for the biogeographical distribution of species. The Carpathian mountain ridge has been suggested as a natural geographical divide between the two honeybee subspecies Apis mellifera carnica and A. m. macedonica. We sampled one worker from one colony each at...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Coroian CO,Muñoz I,Schlüns EA,Paniti-Teleky OR,Erler S,Furdui EM,Mărghitaş LA,Dezmirean DS,Schlüns H,de la Rúa P,Moritz RF

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogeographical investigations of arctic organisms provide spatial and temporal frameworks for interpreting the role of climate change on biotic diversity in high-latitude ecosystems. Phylogenetic analyses were conducted on 473 base pairs of the mitochondrial control region in 192 arctic hares (Lepus arcticus, Lepus...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Waltari E,Cook JA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In arthropods, the intracellular bacteria Wolbachia often induce cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) between sperm and egg, which causes conditional embryonic death and promotes the spatial spread of Wolbachia infections into host populations. The ability of Wolbachia to spread in natural populations through CI has attra...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Atyame CM,Labbé P,Rousset F,Beji M,Makoundou P,Duron O,Dumas E,Pasteur N,Bouattour A,Fort P,Weill M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major environmental concerns over genetically modified (GM) crops relates to transgene movement into wild relatives. The pattern of hybridization ultimately affects the scale and rapidity of ecological change and the feasibility of containment. A new procedure for quantifying hybrid formation over large are...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Wilkinson MJ,Davenport IJ,Charters YM,Jones AE,Allainguillaume J,Butler HT,Mason DC,Raybould AF

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphibians are a globally distributed and diverse lineage, but much of our current understanding of their population genetic structure comes from studies in mesic temperate habitats. We characterize the population genetic structure of two sympatric explosive breeding amphibians in the southwestern deserts of the Unite...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Chan LM,Zamudio KR

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00