The gut microbiota and Bergmann's rule in wild house mice.

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：:Antrodiaetus riversi is a dispersal-limited, habitat-specialized mygalomorph spider species endemic to mesic woodlands of northern and central California. Here, we build upon prior phylogeographic research using a much larger geographic sample and include additional nuclear genes, providing more detailed biogeographic...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hedin M,Starrett J,Hayashi C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelophylax esculentus is a hybridogenetic frog originating from matings between P. ridibundus (RR) and P. lessonae (LL). Typically, diploid hybrids (LR) live in sympatry with one of their parental species, upon which they depend for successful reproduction. In parts of their range, however, pure hybrid populations can...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Arioli M,Jakob C,Reyer HU

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers are sensitive to changes in reaction conditions and may express polymorphisms of nongenetic origin. Taxa with variable chromosome numbers are particularly challenging cases, as differences in DNA content may also influence marker reproducibility. We addressed these probl...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Kjølner S,Såstad SM,Taberlet P,Brochmann C

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:I derive the equilibrium values of sex-specific FST parameters, in an island model for a dioecious species with sex-biased dispersal and binomial distribution of family size before dispersal (as assumed in a Wright-Fisher population). I show that FST may take different values among males and among females whenever dis...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Vitalis R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the relative role of different evolutionary forces in shaping the level and distribution of functional genetic diversity among natural populations is a key issue in evolutionary and conservation biology. To do so accurately genetic data must be analysed in conjunction with an unambiguous understanding of...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Gonzalez-Quevedo C,Spurgin LG,Illera JC,Richardson DS

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing interest in understanding patterns of seasonal migratory connectivity between breeding and wintering sites, both because differences in migratory behaviour can be associated with population differentiation and because knowledge of migratory connectivity is essential for understanding the ecology, evol...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Irwin DE,Irwin JH,Smith TB

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allopolyploidization, that is, concomitant merging and doubling of two or more divergent genomes in a common nucleus/cytoplasm, is known to instantly alter genomewide transcriptome dynamics, a phenomenon referred to as "transcriptomic shock." However, the immediate effects of transcriptomic alteration in generating ph...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Sun Y,Wu Y,Yang C,Sun S,Lin X,Liu L,Xu C,Wendel JF,Gong L,Liu B

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contemporary North American drainage basins are composites of formerly isolated drainages, suggesting that fragmentation and fusion of palaeodrainage systems may have been an important factor generating current patterns of genetic and species diversity in stream-associated organisms. Here, we combine traditional molec...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Kozak KH,Blaine RA,Larson A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mate-choice theory predicts different optimal mating systems depending on resource availability and habitat stability. Regions with limited resources are thought to promote monogamy. We tested predictions of monogamy in a social rodent, the hoary marmot (Marmota caligata), at the northern climatic extreme of its distr...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Kyle CJ,Karels TJ,Davis CS,Mebs S,Clark B,Strobeck C,Hik DS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interbreeding species often produce low-fitness hybrids due to genetic incompatibilities between parental genomes. Whether these incompatibilities reflect fixed allelic differences between hybridizing species, or, alternatively, standing variants that segregate within them, remains unknown for many natural systems. Ye...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Seidl F,Levis NA,Jones CD,Monroy-Eklund A,Ehrenreich IM,Pfennig KS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the evolutionary consequences of human-mediated introductions of domesticated strains into the wild and their subsequent admixture with natural populations is of major concern in conservation biology. However, the genomic impacts of stocking from distinct sources (locally derived vs. divergent) on the ge...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Leitwein M,Gagnaire PA,Desmarais E,Berrebi P,Guinand B

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a haplo-diploid species of sap-feeding insect belonging to the group of insects commonly known as whiteflies. From earlier analyses of mitochondrial and ribosomal markers it has been concluded that in the Asia-Pacific region there were three major indigenous races as well as ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： De Barro PJ

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied population polymorphism at a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II beta gene in the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus). We found that: (i) a single population of P. maniculatus has significantly higher levels of DNA and protein sequence diversity than worldwide samples from homologous genes in ot...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Richman AD,Herrera LG,Nash D

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin of eusociality in haplo-diploid organisms such as Hymenoptera has been mostly explained by kin selection. However, several studies have uncovered decreased relatedness values within colonies, resulting primarily from multiple queen matings (polyandry) and/or from the presence of more than one functional que...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Fournier D,Aron S,Milinkovitch MC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungal communities may be shaped by both deterministic and stochastic processes, potentially influencing ecosystem development and function. We evaluated community assembly processes for EcM fungi of Pseudotsuga menziesii among 12 sites up to 400 km apart in southwest British Columbia (Canada) by...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Kranabetter JM,Hawkins BJ,Jones MD,Robbins S,Dyer T,Li T

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vertebrates, the genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are among the most debated candidates accounting for co-evolutionary processes of host-parasite interaction at the molecular level. The exceptionally high allelic polymorphism found in MHC loci is believed to be maintained by pathogen-driven selec...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Meyer-Lucht Y,Sommer S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The life cycles and dispersal of edible fungi are still poorly known, thus limiting our understanding of their evolution and domestication. The prized Tuber melanosporum produces fruitbodies (fleshy organs where meiospores mature) gathered in natural, spontaneously inoculated forests or harvested in plantations of nur...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Taschen E,Rousset F,Sauve M,Benoit L,Dubois MP,Richard F,Selosse MA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most plant species are recent or ancient polyploids (displaying at least one round of genome duplication in their history). Cultivated species (e.g. wheat, cotton, canola, sugarcane, coffee) and invasive species are often relatively recent polyploids, and frequently of hybrid origin (i.e. allopolyploids). Despite the ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Salmon A,Ainouche ML

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicago citrina is an endangered western Mediterranean endemic that grows only on small islets of the Balearic archipelago and off the eastern Spanish coast. Only 10 isolated subpopulations are currently known (four from Ibiza, three from Cabrera, two from Columbretes and one from an offshore islet in northern Alican...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Juan A,Crespo MB,Cowan RS,Lexer C,Fay MF

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In certain cases, a species may have access to important genetic variation present in a related species via adaptive introgression. These novel alleles may interact with their new genetic background, resulting in unexpected phenotypes. In this study, we describe a selective sweep on standing variation on the X chromos...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Main BJ,Lee Y,Collier TC,Norris LC,Brisco K,Fofana A,Cornel AJ,Lanzaro GC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial taxa range from being ubiquitous and abundant across space to extremely rare and endemic, depending on their ecophysiology and on different processes acting locally or regionally. However, little is known about how cosmopolitan or rare taxa combine to constitute communities and whether environmental variatio...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Ruiz-González C,Logares R,Sebastián M,Mestre M,Rodríguez-Martínez R,Galí M,Sala MM,Acinas SG,Duarte CM,Gasol JM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The environmental and/or life history factors affecting genetic exchange in marine species with potential for high dispersal are of great interest, not only from an evolutionary standpoint but also with regard to effective management. Previous genetic studies have demonstrated substantial differentiation among populat...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Shaw PW,Arkhipkin AI,Al-Khairulla H

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the vast majority of species are well diverged, relatively little is known about the genomic architecture of speciation during the early stages of divergence. Species within recent evolutionary radiations are often minimally diverged from a genomic perspective, and therefore provide rare opportunities to addre...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Puebla O,Bermingham E,McMillan WO

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interacting species of pollinator-host systems, especially the obligate ones, are sensitive to habitat fragmentation, due to the nature of mutual dependence. Comparative studies of genetic structure can provide insights into how habitat fragmentation contributes to patterns of genetic divergence among populations of t...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Liu M,Zhang J,Chen Y,Compton SG,Chen XY

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replicated ecological gradients are prime systems to study processes of molecular evolution underlying ecological divergence. Here, we investigated the repeated adaptation of the neotropical fish Poecilia mexicana to habitats containing toxic hydrogen sulphide (H2 S) and compared two population pairs of sulphide-adapt...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Pfenninger M,Patel S,Arias-Rodriguez L,Feldmeyer B,Riesch R,Plath M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic diversity is the evolutionary foundation for adaptation to environmental change and thus is essential to consider in conservation planning. Island species are ideal for investigating the evolutionary drivers of genomic diversity, in part because of the potential for biological replicates. Here, we use genome d...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Brüniche-Olsen A,Kellner KF,DeWoody JA

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social bees are important insect pollinators of wildflowers and agricultural crops, making their reported declines a global concern. A major factor implicated in these declines is the widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides. Indeed, recent research has demonstrated that exposure to low doses of these neurotoxic pes...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Colgan TJ,Fletcher IK,Arce AN,Gill RJ,Ramos Rodrigues A,Stolle E,Chittka L,Wurm Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00