Segmental allotetraploidy generates extensive homoeologous expression rewiring and phenotypic diversity at the population level in rice.

abstract：:The population structure of the giant mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata, was investigated with mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA analyses using 449 specimens from 13 localities throughout the species range. Control region F-statistics indicated the North Pacific (Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Sulawesi), South Pacific (...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Minegishi Y,Aoyama J,Tsukamoto K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern analytical methods for population genetics and phylogenetics are expected to provide more accurate results when data from multiple genome-wide loci are analysed. We present the results of an initial application of parallel tagged sequencing (PTS) on a next-generation platform to sequence thousands of barcoded P...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： O'Neill EM,Schwartz R,Bullock CT,Williams JS,Shaffer HB,Aguilar-Miguel X,Parra-Olea G,Weisrock DW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strong selection within a given population locally reduces genetic variability not only in the selected gene itself but also in neighbouring loci. This so-called hitch-hiking effect is related to the initial linkage disequilibrium between markers and the selected gene, and depends mainly on the number of copies of the...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Raquin AL,Brabant P,Rhoné B,Balfourier F,Leroy P,Goldringer I

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rivers and lake systems in the southern cone of South America have been widely influenced by historical glaciations, carrying important implications for the evolution of aquatic organisms, including prompting transitions between marine and freshwater habitats and by triggering hybridization among incipient species via...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hughes LC,Cardoso YP,Sommer JA,Cifuentes R,Cuello M,Somoza GM,González-Castro M,Malabarba LR,Cussac V,Habit EM,Betancur-R R,Ortí G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleistocene ice-ages greatly influenced the historical abundances of Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, in the North Pacific and its marginal seas. We surveyed genetic variation at 11 microsatellite loci and mitochondrial (mt) DNA in samples from twelve locations from the Sea of Japan to Washington State. Both microsat...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Canino MF,Spies IB,Cunningham KM,Hauser L,Grant WS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chilo suppressalis (Walker) displays significant geographical differences in ecological preference that may be congruent with patterns of molecular variation. To test this, we collected and analysed 381 individuals of this species from cultivated rice at 18 localities in China during the rice-growing season of 2005-20...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Meng XF,Shi M,Chen XX

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many ectothermic species are currently expanding their distributions polewards due to anthropogenic global warming. Molecular genetic mechanisms facilitating range expansion under these conditions are largely unknown, but understanding these could help mitigate expanding pests and disease vectors, or help explain why ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Lancaster LT,Dudaniec RY,Chauhan P,Wellenreuther M,Svensson EI,Hansson B

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of sequence polymorphism from individual mitochondrial genes to infer past demography has recently proved controversial because of the recurrence of selective sweeps acting over genes and the need for unlinked multilocus data sets. However, comparative analyses using several species for one gene and/or multipl...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Plouviez S,Shank TM,Faure B,Daguin-Thiebaut C,Viard F,Lallier FH,Jollivet D

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:Badgers are facultatively social, forming large groups at high density. Group-living appears to have high reproductive costs for females, and may lead to increased levels of inbreeding. The extent of female competition for reproduction has been estimated from field data, but knowledge of male reproductive success and ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Carpenter PJ,Pope LC,Greig C,Dawson DA,Rogers LM,Erven K,Wilson GJ,Delahay RJ,Cheeseman CL,Burke T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All species of the genus Populus (poplar, aspen) are dioecious, suggesting an ancient origin of this trait. Despite some empirical counter examples, theory suggests that nonrecombining sex-linked regions should quickly spread, eventually becoming heteromorphic chromosomes. In contrast, we show using whole-genome scans...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Geraldes A,Hefer CA,Capron A,Kolosova N,Martinez-Nuñez F,Soolanayakanahally RY,Stanton B,Guy RD,Mansfield SD,Douglas CJ,Cronk QC

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Widely distributed taxa provide an opportunity to compare biogeographic responses to climatic fluctuations on multiple continents and to investigate speciation. We conducted the most geographically and genomically comprehensive study to date of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), the world's most widely distributed wild terr...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Statham MJ,Murdoch J,Janecka J,Aubry KB,Edwards CJ,Soulsbury CD,Berry O,Wang Z,Harrison D,Pearch M,Tomsett L,Chupasko J,Sacks BN

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Habitat fragmentation is a major force affecting demography and genetic structure of wild populations, especially in agricultural landscapes. The land snail Cepaea nemoralis (L.) was selected to investigate the impact of habitat fragmentation on the spatial genetic structure of an organism with limited dispersal abili...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Schweiger O,Frenzel M,Durka W

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antagonistic co-evolution between hosts and parasites can lead to local adaptation (LA) such that parasite fitness is greatest in sympatric hosts (or vice versa). The magnitude of LA typically increases with geographical distance, which is assumed to be because genetic (and hence phenotypic) distance increases with ge...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Scanlan PD,Hall AR,Buckling A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exceptional ecological niche diversity, clear waters and unique divergent selection pressures have often been invoked to explain high morphological and genetic diversity of taxa within ancient lakes. However, it is possible that in some ancient lake taxa high diversity has arisen because these historically stable envi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Genner MJ,Todd JA,Michel E,Erpenbeck D,Jimoh A,Joyce DA,Piechocki A,Pointier JP

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theoretical and empirical studies have shown that species radiations are facilitated when a trait under divergent natural selection is also involved in sexual selection. It is yet unclear how quick and effective radiations are where assortative mating is unrelated to the ecological environment and primarily results fr...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Nolen ZJ,Yildirim B,Irisarri I,Liu S,Groot Crego C,Amby DB,Mayer F,Gilbert MTP,Pereira RJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptive ecological differentiation among sympatric populations is promoted by environmental heterogeneity, strong local selection and restricted gene flow. High gene flow, on the other hand, is expected to homogenize genetic variation among populations and therefore prevent local adaptation. Understanding how local a...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Richter-Boix A,Quintela M,Kierczak M,Franch M,Laurila A

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：: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：:Common groundsel, Senecio vulgaris (Asteraceae), is a highly selfing semelparous ephemeral weed that belongs to the few plant species in central Europe capable of growing, flowering and fruiting all year round. In temperate climates, flowering S. vulgaris cohorts were found to appear up to three times per year. Using ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Haldimann P,Steinger T,Müller-Schärer H

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：: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：:Spatial population structure has important ecological and evolutionary consequences. Little is known about the population structure of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus), despite their ecological importance in North American boreal forests. We used seven variable microsatellite DNA loci to determine the spatial genetic...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Burton C,Krebs CJ,Taylor EB

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural selection, random processes and gene flow are known to generate sex ratio variations among sexually polymorphic plant populations. In gynodioecious species, in which hermaphrodites and females coexist, the relative effect of these processes on the maintenance of sex polymorphism is still up for debate. The aim...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： De Cauwer I,Dufay M,Hornoy B,Courseaux A,Arnaud JF

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The planting of transgenic crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxins is widespread throughout the world; the prolific increase in their application exposes nontarget organisms to toxins designed to control pests. To date, studies have focused upon the effects of Bt endotoxins on specific herbivores and detrit...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Harwood JD,Wallin WG,Obrycki JJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conspecific brood parasitism (CBP), females laying eggs in the nest of other 'host' females of the same species, is a common alternative reproductive tactic among birds. For hosts there are likely costs of incubating and rearing foreign offspring, but costs may be low in species with precocial chicks such as waterfowl...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Anderholm S,Waldeck P,VAN DER Jeugd HP,Marshall RC,Larsson K,Andersson M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatially overdispersed mounds of fungus-farming termites (Macrotermitinae) are hotspots of nutrient availability and primary productivity in tropical savannas, creating spatial heterogeneity in communities and ecosystem functions. These termites influence the local availability of nutrients in part by redistributing ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Baker CCM,Castillo Vardaro JA,Doak DF,Pansu J,Puissant J,Pringle RM,Tarnita CE

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether birth weight and neonatal survival, a period within which 24% of all mortalities occur, were correlated with levels of inbreeding in St Kilda Soay sheep, using pedigree inbreeding coefficients and four marker-based estimators of inbreeding. None of the inbreeding estimators, either of the offsp...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Overall AD,Byrne KA,Pilkington JG,Pemberton JM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The taxonomic status of brown bears in the Caucasus remains unclear. Several morphs or subspecies have been identified from the morphological (craniological) data, but the status of each of these subspecies has never been verified by molecular genetic methods. We analysed mitochondrial DNA sequences (control region) t...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Murtskhvaladze M,Gavashelishvili A,Tarkhnishvili D

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents genetic evidence that whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are comprised of at least two populations that rarely mix and is the first to document a population expansion. Relatively high genetic structure is found when comparing sharks from the Gulf of Mexico with sharks from the Indo-Pacific. If mixing o...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Vignaud TM,Maynard JA,Leblois R,Meekan MG,Vázquez-Juárez R,Ramírez-Macías D,Pierce SJ,Rowat D,Berumen ML,Beeravolu C,Baksay S,Planes S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00