All roads lead to weediness: Patterns of genomic divergence reveal extensive recurrent weedy rice origins from South Asian Oryza.

abstract：:Dispersal drives diverse processes from population persistence to community dynamics. However, the amount of temporal variation in dispersal and its consequences for metapopulation dynamics is largely unknown for organisms with environmentally driven dispersal (e.g., many marine larvae, arthropods and plant seeds). He...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Catalano KA,Dedrick AG,Stuart MR,Puritz JB,Montes HR Jr,Pinsky ML

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Baja California region provides a natural setting for studying the early mechanisms of allopatric speciation in marine systems. Disjunct fish populations from several species that occur in the northern Gulf of California and northern Pacific coast of Baja California, but are absent from its southern shores, were p...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Bernardi G,Lape J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed genetic variation within and between populations of the common ash from Bulgaria in order to extract biological information useful in the context of conservation management of eastern European genetic resources of noble hardwood species. A total of 321 trees from three regions of Bulgaria were typed at six...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Heuertz M,Hausman JF,Tsvetkov I,Frascaria-Lacoste N,Vekemans X

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As climate changes, sea surface temperature anomalies that negatively impact coral reef organisms continue to increase in frequency and intensity. Yet, despite widespread coral mortality, genetic diversity remains high even in those coral species listed as threatened. While this is good news in many ways, it presents ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Parkinson JE,Bartels E,Devlin-Durante MK,Lustic C,Nedimyer K,Schopmeyer S,Lirman D,LaJeunesse TC,Baums IB

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we used a comparative genome scan to examine patterns of population differentiation with respect to host plant use in Hesperotettix viridis, a Nearctic oligophagous grasshopper locally specialized on various Asteraceae including Solidago, Gutierrezia, and Ericameria. We identified amplified fragment len...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Apple JL,Grace T,Joern A,St Amand P,Wisely SM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population studies have revealed that the fungal ectomycorrhizal morphospecies Tricholoma scalpturatum consists of at least two genetically distinct groups that occur sympatrically in several geographical areas. This discovery prompted us to examine species boundaries and relationships between members formerly assigne...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Jargeat P,Martos F,Carriconde F,Gryta H,Moreau PA,Gardes M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a study of the genetic diversity and structure of a tropical tree in an insular system. Santalum austrocaledonicum is endemic to the archipelago of New Caledonia and is exploited for oil extraction from heartwood. A total of 431 individuals over 17 populations were analysed for eight polymorphic microsatell...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Bottin L,Verhaegen D,Tassin J,Olivieri I,Vaillant A,Bouvet JM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Permafrost represents an important understudied genetic resource. Soil microorganisms play important roles in regulating biogeochemical cycles and maintaining ecosystem function. However, our knowledge of patterns and drivers of permafrost microbial communities is limited over broad geographic scales. Using high-throu...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Chen YL,Deng Y,Ding JZ,Hu HW,Xu TL,Li F,Yang GB,Yang YH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The moss Ceratodon purpureus has long been used as a model system in plant development and physiology. However, the molecular population genetics of the species remains virtually unexplored. In this study, we used population genetic analyses of DNA sequence data from three unlinked loci (atpB-rbcL spacer, adk, and phy...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： McDaniel SF,Shaw AJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functionally constrained genes are ideal insecticide targets because disruption is often fatal, and resistance mutations are typically costly. Synaptic acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is an essential neurotransmission enzyme targeted by insecticides used increasingly in malaria control. In Anopheles and Culex mosquitoes, ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Weetman D,Mitchell SN,Wilding CS,Birks DP,Yawson AE,Essandoh J,Mawejje HD,Djogbenou LS,Steen K,Rippon EJ,Clarkson CS,Field SG,Rigden DJ,Donnelly MJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the role of landscapes in shaping genetic connectivity and divergence is essential for understanding patterns of biogeography and diversity. This is particularly relevant for the Andes region, a major biodiversity hotspot of relatively recent origin. We examined the phylogeography and landscape genetics o...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Trénel P,Hansen MM,Normand S,Borchsenius F

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：:Introduced species can threaten native taxa in multiple ways, including competition and hybridization, which can reduce fitness, alter ecological niches or swamp native genomes. Encroachment and hybridization by introduced species also provide opportunities to study the dynamics of invasiveness and hybridization durin...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Sacks BN,Moore M,Statham MJ,Wittmer HU

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is becoming a key tool for biodiversity monitoring over large geographical or taxonomic scales and for elusive taxa such as soil organisms. Increasing sample sizes and interest in remote or extreme areas often require the preservation of soil samples and thus deviations from opti...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Guerrieri A,Bonin A,Münkemüller T,Gielly L,Thuiller W,Francesco Ficetola G

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract of animals play vital roles in food digestion, homeostasis and immune response regulation. Globally, there are 33,700 fish species, representing almost half of all vertebrate diversity and a wide range of physiologies, ecologies and life histories. To investigate gut microb...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Huang Q,Sham RC,Deng Y,Mao Y,Wang C,Zhang T,Leung KMY

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lady's slipper orchids (Cypripedium spp.) are rare terrestrial plants that grow throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Like all orchids, they require mycorrhizal fungi for germination and seedling nutrition. The nutritional relationships of adult Cypripedium mycorrhizae are unclear; however, Cypripedium distrib...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Shefferson RP,Weiss M,Kull T,Taylor DL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated genetic differentiation among populations of the clonal grass Elymus athericus, a common salt-marsh species occurring along the Wadden Sea coast of Europe. While E. athericus traditionally occurs in the high salt marsh, it recently also invaded lower parts of the marsh. In one of the first analyses of ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Bockelmann AC,Reusch TB,Bijlsma R,Bakker JP

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palaeoclimatic events and biogeographical processes since the mid-Tertiary are believed to have strongly influenced the evolution and distribution of the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of southeastern Australia. We examined the phylogeography of the temperate-adapted members of the Egernia whitii species group, a group ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Chapple DG,Keogh JS,Hutchinson MN

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：:Research on contact zones has paid relatively little attention to host-parasite interactions, although these situations have important but different implications depending on whether one considers the host or the parasite's perspective. We investigated both the role of a host contact zone in parasite expansion and whe...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Reullier J,Pérez-Tris J,Bensch S,Secondi J

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form a mutualistic symbiosis with plant roots and are found in most ecosystems. In this study the community structure of AMF in a clade of the genus Glomus was examined in undisturbed costal grassland using LSU rDNA sequences amplified from roots of Hieracium pilosella. Roots were sa...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Rosendahl S,Stukenbrock EH

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cooperatively breeding species, restricted dispersal of offspring leads to clustering of closely related individuals, increasing the potential both for indirect genetic benefits and inbreeding costs. In apostlebirds (Struthidea cinerea), philopatry by both sexes results in the formation of large (up to 17 birds), p...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Woxvold IA,Adcock GJ,Mulder RA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonization of vacant habitat is a fundamental ecological process that affects the ability of species to persist and undergo range modifications in continually shifting landscapes. Thus, understanding factors that affect and limit colonization has important ecological and conservation implications. Epiphytic orchids ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Trapnell DW,Hamrick JL,Ishibashi CD,Kartzinel TR

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence variation at the intron-1 of the voltage-gated sodium channel gene in Anopheles gambiae M- and S-forms from Cameroon was assessed to explore the number of mutational events originating knockdown resistance (kdr) alleles. Mosquitoes were sampled between December 2005 and June 2006 from three geographical areas...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Etang J,Vicente JL,Nwane P,Chouaibou M,Morlais I,Do Rosario VE,Simard F,Awono-Ambene P,Toto JC,Pinto J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coral reefs belong to the most diverse ecosystems on our planet. The diversity in coloration and lifestyles of coral reef fishes makes them a particularly promising system to study the role of visual communication and adaptation. Here, we investigated the evolution of visual pigment genes (opsins) in damselfish (Pomac...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Stieb SM,Cortesi F,Sueess L,Carleton KL,Salzburger W,Marshall NJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to difficulties in identifying important within-species biodiversity for effective species management and conservation, the use of multiple complementary sources of information is required to identify and assess the designation of conservation units based on the degree of variation among populations within a speci...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Vandersteen Tymchuk W,O'Reilly P,Bittman J,Macdonald D,Schulte P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The merger of two or more divergent genomes within an allopolyploid nucleus can facilitate speciation and adaptive evolution in flowering plants. Widespread changes to gene expression have been shown to result from interspecific hybridisation and polyploidy in a number of plant species, and attention has now shifted t...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hegarty MJ,Batstone T,Barker GL,Edwards KJ,Abbott RJ,Hiscock SJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spawning success of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) was investigated, under near-natural conditions, in the Girnock Burn, an 8-km long tributary of the River Dee in Scotland. Employing minisatellite-based DNA profiling, mating outcomes were resolved over three spawning seasons by assigning parentage to progeny sample...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Taggart JB,McLaren IS,Hay DW,Webb JH,Youngson AF

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding ecological divergence of morphologically similar but genetically distinct species - previously considered as a single morphospecies - is of key importance in evolutionary ecology and conservation biology. Despite their morphological similarity, cryptic species may have evolved distinct adaptations. If su...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Leys M,Keller I,Robinson CT,Räsänen K

更新日期：2017-03-01 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