Association mapping desiccation resistance within chromosomal inversions in the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.

abstract：:The phylogeographical history of the rare marsh orchid Anacamptis palustris (Orchidaceae) was reconstructed using highly polymorphic chloroplast minisatellite and microsatellite loci. Allelic variation at chloroplast microsatellite loci was due to length variation in poly(A/T) repeats and was informative on a regional...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Cozzolino S,Cafasso D,Pellegrino G,Musacchio A,Widmer A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metapopulation genetic models consider that colonization and dispersal are distinct behaviours. However, whether colonization and dispersal indeed reflect different biological processes in nature is unclear. One possibility to test this assumption is to assess patterns of autosomal and mitochondrial genetic structure ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Kerth G,Petit E

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Life history adaptations and spatial configuration of metapopulation networks allow certain species to persist in extreme fluctuating environments, yet long-term stability within these systems relies on the maintenance of linkage habitat. Degradation of such linkages in urban riverscapes can disrupt this dynamic in aq...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Richmond JQ,Backlin AR,Galst-Cavalcante C,O'Brien JW,Fisher RN

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence and restriction site analyses of the paternally inherited chloroplast rbcL gene and maternally inherited mitochondrial nad1 fragments from the same set of populations and individuals were used to investigate cytoplasmic composition and population establishment of Pinus densata, a diploid pine that originated ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Song BH,Wang XQ,Wang XR,Ding KY,Hong DY

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Niche partitioning through foraging is a mechanism likely involved in facilitating the coexistence of ecologically similar and co-occurring animal species by separating their use of resources. Yet, this mechanism is not well understood in flying insectivorous animals. This is particularly true of bats, where many ecol...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Arrizabalaga-Escudero A,Clare EL,Salsamendi E,Alberdi A,Garin I,Aihartza J,Goiti U

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of DNA screening techniques such as Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (TGGE) and Heteroduplex Analysis to provide resolution approaching that provided by DNA sequencing for a fraction of the time, effort and expense point to them as the logical successor to allozyme electrophoresis for population ge...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Campbell NJ,Harriss FC,Elphinstone MS,Baverstock PR

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Habitat loss and fragmentation often reduce gene flow and genetic diversity in plants by disrupting the movement of pollen and seed. However, direct comparisons of the contributions of pollen vs. seed dispersal to genetic variation in fragmented landscapes are lacking. To address this knowledge gap, we partitioned the...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Browne L,Karubian J

更新日期：2018-08-01 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 cellular stress response has long been the primary model for studying the molecular basis of thermal adaptation, yet the link between gene expression, RNA metabolism and physiological responses to thermal stress remains largely unexplored. We address this by comparing the transcriptional and physiological response...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Telonis-Scott M,Clemson AS,Johnson TK,Sgrò CM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is challenging to unravel the history of organisms with highly scattered populations. Such species may have fragmented distributions because extant populations are remnants of a previously more continuous range, or because the species has narrow habitat requirements in combination with good dispersal capacity (natu...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Cassel-Lundhagen A,Ronnås C,Battisti A,Wallén J,Larsson S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extra-pair copulations (EPCs; copulations outside the pair bond) are widespread in birds and may result in extra-pair fertilizations (EPFs). To increase reproductive success, males should not only seek to gain EPFs, but also prevent their own females from gaining EPFs. Although males could reduce the number of EPCs by...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Komdeur J,Burke T,Richardson DS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the phylogenetic relationships among the three stone pine species, Pinus cembra, P. sibirica, and P. pumila, using chloroplast microsatellites and mitochondrial nad1 intron 2 sequences. The three chloroplast microsatellite loci combined into a total of 18 haplotypes. Fourteen haplotypes were detected in 15 ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Gugerli F,Senn J,Anzidei M,Madaghiele A,Büchler U,Sperisen C,Vendramin GG

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:Recombination rate is a heritable trait that varies among individuals. Despite the major impact of recombination rate on patterns of genetic diversity and the efficacy of selection, natural variation in this phenotype remains poorly characterized. We present a comparison of genetic maps, sampling 1212 meioses, from a ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Wang RJ,Gray MM,Parmenter MD,Broman KW,Payseur BA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several species of swallowtail butterflies (genus Papilio) are Batesian mimics that express multiple mimetic female forms, while the males are monomorphic and nonmimetic. The evolution of such sex-limited mimicry may involve sexual dimorphism arising first and mimicry subsequently. Such a stepwise scenario through a n...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Timmermans MJ,Thompson MJ,Collins S,Vogler AP

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the physiological basis of local adaptation to drought in Boechera holboellii, a perennial relative of Arabidopsis thaliana, and used cDNA-AFLPs to identify candidate genes showing differential expression in these populations. We compared two populations of B. holboellii from contrasting water environments ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Knight CA,Vogel H,Kroymann J,Shumate A,Witsenboer H,Mitchell-Olds T

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative phylogeographic studies of animals with low mobility and/or high habitat specificity remain rare, yet such organisms may hold fine-grained palaeoecological signal. Comparisons of multiple, codistributed species can elucidate major historical events. As part of a multitaxon programme, mitochondrial cytochro...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Sunnucks P,Blacket MJ,Taylor JM,Sands CJ,Ciavaglia SA,Garrick RC,Tait NN,Rowell DM,Pavlova A

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:In the absence of pedigree information, the determination of genetic distinctness of populations can only be made by genetic methods. Using DNA fingerprinting on the North American captive herd of Speke's gazelle Gazella spekei, we were able to address two hypotheses. First, two new individuals were found to have come...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Butler MA,Templeton AR,Read B

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:Divergent host use has long been suspected to drive population differentiation and speciation in plant-feeding insects. Evaluating the contribution of divergent host use to genetic differentiation can be difficult, however, as dispersal limitation and population structure may also influence patterns of genetic variati...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Bagley RK,Sousa VC,Niemiller ML,Linnen CR

更新日期：2017-02-01 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 rate of information collection generated by metagenomics is uncoupled with its meaningful ecological interpretation. New analytical approaches based on functional trait-based ecology may help to bridge this gap and extend the trait approach to the community level in vast and complex environmental genetic data sets...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Barberán A,Fernández-Guerra A,Bohannan BJ,Casamayor EO

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular markers have proved extremely useful in resolving mating patterns within individual populations of a number of species, but little is known about how genetic mating systems might vary geographically within a species. Here we use microsatellite markers to compare patterns of sneaked fertilization and mating s...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Jones AG,Walker D,Lindström K,Kvarnemo C,Avise JC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying traits that affect the reproductive success of individuals is fundamental for our understanding of evolutionary processes. In cooperative breeders, a dominant male typically restricts mating access to the dominant female for extended periods, resulting in pronounced variation in reproductive success among ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Spong GF,Hodge SJ,Young AJ,Clutton-Brock TH

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many vertebrates form monogamous pairs to mate and care for their offspring. However, genetic tools have increasingly shown that offspring often arise from matings outside of the monogamous pair bond. Social monogamy is relatively common in coral reef fishes, but there have been few studies that have confirmed monogam...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Rueger T,Harrison HB,Gardiner NM,Berumen ML,Jones GP

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Epipactis contains a problematical complex of autogamous taxa among which species limits are difficult to define. Different authors have treated these plants in different ways, some recognizing the different taxa as distinct species, others considering them as minor intraspecific variants. These contrasting ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Squirrell J,Hollingsworth PM,Bateman RM,Tebbitt MC,Hollingsworth ML

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared genetic variation and population differentiation at RFLP marker loci with seven quantitative characters including fungicide resistance, temperature sensitivity, pycnidial size, pycnidial density, colony size, percentage of leaves covered by pycnidia (PLACP) and percentage of leaves covered by lesions (PLAC...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Zhan J,Linde CC,Jürgens T,Merz U,Steinebrunner F,McDonald BA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of mitochondrial (mt)DNA size polymorphism in the form of variable number tandem repeats (mtVNTRs) has become an increasingly popular methodology for addressing questions in molecular ecology. When detected by PCR, mtVNTR analysis can provide a sensitive, rapid, and cost-effective measure of genetic variabili...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Lunt DH,Whipple LE,Hyman BC

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of discovering species is a fundamental responsibility of systematics. Recently, there has been a growing interest in coalescent-based methods of species delimitation aimed at objectively identifying species early in the divergence process. However, few empirical studies have compared these new methods wit...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： McKay BD,Mays HL Jr,Wu Y,Li H,Yao CT,Nishiumi I,Zou F

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00