Rapid genetic adaptation precedes the spread of an exotic plant species.

abstract：:The Quaternary cold periods in Europe are thought to have heavily influenced the amount and distribution of intraspecific genetic variation in both animals and plants. The phylogeographies of 10 taxa, including mammals (Ursus arctos, Sorex spp., Crocidura suaveolens, Arvicola spp.), amphibians (Triturus spp.), arthrop...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Taberlet P,Fumagalli L,Wust-Saucy AG,Cosson JF

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated genetic variation in asexual polyploid members of the water flea Daphnia pulex complex from a set of 12 Bolivian high-altitude lakes. We used nuclear microsatellite markers to study genetic relationships among all encountered multilocus genotypes, and combined this with a phylogenetic approach using DN...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Mergeay J,Aguilera X,Declerck S,Petrusek A,Huyse T,De Meester L

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial genetic structure of the neotropical, clustered tree species Vouacapoua americana (Aublet) was studied in two natural forest stands (Paracou and Nouragues) in French Guiana. Using eight microsatellite loci, V. americana is characterized by a marked genetic structure at small spatial distances (under 30-60 ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Dutech C,Seiter J,Petronelli P,Joly HI,Jarne P

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of gene flow and population size fluctuations in shaping genetic variation during adaptive radiation, at both the genome-wide and gene-specific levels, is very poorly understood. To examine how historical population size and gene flow patterns within and between loci have influenced lineage divergence in th...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Lawton-Rauh A,Robichaux RH,Purugganan MD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Episodes of trans-Arctic faunal exchange and isolation between the north Pacific and Atlantic ocean basins have been implicated as important historic geological events contributing to extant patterns of genetic diversity and structure in Holarctic faunas. We made a further test of the significance of such biogeographi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Taylor EB,Dodson JJ

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dispersal is a key biological process serving several functions including connectivity among populations. Habitat fragmentation caused by natural or anthropogenic structures may hamper dispersal, thereby disrupting genetic connectivity. Investigating factors affecting dispersal and gene flow is important in the curren...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Trense D,Schmidt TL,Yang Q,Chung J,Hoffmann AA,Fischer K

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of species diversity to emergent, ecological properties of communities is increasingly appreciated, but the importance of within-species genetic diversity for analogous emergent properties of populations is only just becoming apparent. Here, the properties and effects of genetic variation on predation r...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Koh KS,Matz C,Tan CH,LE HL,Rice SA,Marshall DJ,Steinberg PD,Kjelleberg S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reef corals are especially sensitive to environmental change since their survival is dependent on a delicate balance between the coral host and its algal endosymbiont. Predicting the responses of reef ecosystems to global climate change requires a detailed understanding of the diversity of both partners in this symbio...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： van Oppen MJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropical forests have a high diversity of plant species; are they associated with a correspondingly rich microbial flora? We addressed this question by examining the symbiotic rhizobium bacteria that nodulate a diverse pool of forest legume species in Brazil. The 44 strains studied had been isolated from 29 legume tre...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Moreira FM,Haukka K,Young JP

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was employed in the haplo-diploid dioecious species Gracilaria gracilis to identify sex-linked PCR markers. Sixty-nine decamer oligonucleotide primers were tested on two bulks of DNA, one from five haploid males and the other from five haploid females. One of these...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Martinez EA,Destombe C,Quillet MC,Valero M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diversifying selection on metabolic pathways can reduce intraspecific gene flow and promote population divergence. An opportunity to explore this arises from mitonuclear discordance observed in an Australian bird Eopsaltria australis. Across >1500 km, nuclear differentiation is low and latitudinally structured by isol...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Morales HE,Pavlova A,Joseph L,Sunnucks P

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics and consequences of introgression can inform about numerous evolutionary processes. Biologists have therefore long been interested in hybridization. One challenge, however, lies in the identification of nonadmixed genotypes that can serve as a baseline for accurate quantification of admixture. In this iss...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hailer F

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coastal marine ecosystems world-wide are threatened by invasions of nonindigenous species. The ubiquity of marine sibling species identifiable only by genetic analysis suggests that many invasions are cryptic and therefore undetected, causing an underestimation of the actual number and impacts of invading species. We ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Geller JB,Walton ED,Grosholz ED,Ruiz GM

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The repeated evolution of similar phenotypes by similar mechanisms can be indicative of local adaptation, constraints or biases in the evolutionary process. Little is known about the incidence of physiological convergence in natural populations, so here we test whether energy metabolism in 'dwarf' and 'normal' Lake Wh...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Dalziel AC,Laporte M,Rougeux C,Guderley H,Bernatchez L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial pseudo-control region was analysed in five species of Aquila eagles. Indels caused great length differences in the nonrepetitive part of the region, whereas tandem repeat units were highly conserved among the genus. In a reconstructed phylogenetic tree, the clade formed by A. clanga and A. pomarina s...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Väli U

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many sharks begin their life confined in nursery habitats, it is unknown how rapidly they disperse away from their natal area once they leave the nursery. We examine this issue in immature lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) from the time they leave the nursery (approximately age 3) at a subtropical island ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Chapman DD,Babcock EA,Gruber SH,Dibattista JD,Franks BR,Kessel SA,Guttridge T,Pikitch EK,Feldheim KA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies that span entire species ranges can provide insight into the relative roles of historical contingency and contemporary factors that influence population structure and can reveal patterns of genetic variation that might otherwise go undetected. American shad is a wide ranging anadromous clupeid fish that exhibi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hasselman DJ,Ricard D,Bentzen P

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbicides act as human-mediated novel selective agents and community disruptors, yet their full effects on eco-evolutionary dynamics in natural communities have only begun to be appreciated. Here, we synthesize how herbicide exposures can result in dramatic phenotypic and compositional shifts within communities at th...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Iriart V,Baucom RS,Ashman TL

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We define a genetic similarity rule that predicts how genetic variation in a dominant plant affects the structure of an arthropod community. This rule applies to hybridizing cottonwood species where plant genetic variation determines plant-animal interactions and structures a dependent community of leaf-modifying arth...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Bangert RK,Turek RJ,Rehill B,Wimp GM,Schweitzer JA,Allan GJ,Bailey JK,Martinsen GD,Keim P,Lindroth RL,Whitham TG

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogeography of Rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) was reconstructed from the coat protein gene sequences of a selection of 173 isolates from the 14 countries of mainland Africa where the disease occurred and from the full sequences of 16 representative isolates. Genetic variation was linked to geographical distributio...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Traore O,Sorho F,Pinel A,Abubakar Z,Banwo O,Maley J,Hebrard E,Winter S,Sere Y,Konate G,Fargette D

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:Multiple introductions are key features for the establishment and persistence of introduced species. However, little is known about the contribution of genetic admixture to the invasive potential of populations. To address this issue, we studied the recent invasion of the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) in Eur...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Sherpa S,Blum MGB,Capblancq T,Cumer T,Rioux D,Després L

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent theory has examined the way in which vaccination strategies are expected to influence the evolution of parasite virulence. Most of this work has assumed that vaccination is imposed on a homogeneous host population. However, host populations are typically composed of different types of individuals, with each typ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Williams PD,Day T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex eusocial insect societies are generally matrifilial, suggesting kin selection has been of importance in their development. For simpler social systems, factors favouring their existence, in particular kin selection, have rarely been studied. Communal nesting is one of these simple social organizations, and is f...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Paxton RJ,Thorén PA,Tengö J,Estoup A,Pamilo P

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：:Rhizosphere microbes affect plant performance, including plant resistance against insect herbivores; yet, a direct comparison of the relative influence of rhizosphere microbes versus plant genetics on herbivory levels and on metabolites related to defence is lacking. In the crucifer Boechera stricta, we tested the eff...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hubbard CJ,Li B,McMinn R,Brock MT,Maignien L,Ewers BE,Kliebenstein D,Weinig C

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oceanic islands have been a test ground for evolutionary theory, but here, we focus on the possibilities for evolutionary study created by offshore islands. These can be colonized through various means and by a wide range of species, including those with low dispersal capabilities. We use morphology, modern and ancien...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Martínková N,Barnett R,Cucchi T,Struchen R,Pascal M,Pascal M,Fischer MC,Higham T,Brace S,Ho SY,Quéré JP,O'Higgins P,Excoffier L,Heckel G,Hoelzel AR,Dobney KM,Searle JB

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a de novo assembly of a eukaryote transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencing data. The Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia; Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) is a prominent species in population biology but had no previous genomic data. Sequencing runs using two normalized complementary DNA collections from...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Vera JC,Wheat CW,Fescemyer HW,Frilander MJ,Crawford DL,Hanski I,Marden JH

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：: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