Evolutionary trade-offs of insecticide resistance - The fitness costs associated with target-site mutations in the nAChR of Drosophila melanogaster.

abstract：:Direct gradient analyses in spatial genetics provide unique opportunities to describe the inherent complexity of genetic variation in wildlife species and are the object of many methodological developments. However, multicollinearity among explanatory variables is a systemic issue in multivariate regression analyses a...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Prunier JG,Colyn M,Legendre X,Nimon KF,Flamand MC

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Male traits that signal health and vigour are used by females to choose better quality mates, but in some cases the male trait selected by females differs among populations. Multiple male traits can be maintained through female mate choice if both traits are equally honest indicators of male quality, but tests of this...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Whittingham LA,Freeman-Gallant CR,Taff CC,Dunn PO

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:We investigated the relationship between genomic and phenotypic evolution among replicate populations of Escherichia coli evolved for 1000 generations in four different environments. By resequencing evolved genomes, we identified parallel changes in genes encoding transcription regulators within and between environmen...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Le Gac M,Cooper TF,Cruveiller S,Médigue C,Schneider D

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:Invasive species are expected to experience a unique combination of high genetic drift due to demographic factors while also experiencing strong selective pressures. The paradigm that reduced genetic diversity should limit the evolutionary potential of invasive species, and thus, their potential for range expansion ha...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Wellband KW,Pettitt-Wade H,Fisk AT,Heath DD

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conspecific brood parasitism allows females to exploit other females' nests and enhance their reproductive output. Here, we test a recent theoretical model of how host females gain inclusive fitness from brood parasitism. High levels of relatedness between host and parasitizer can be maintained either by: (a) kin reco...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hervey SD,Barnas AF,Stechmann TJ,Rockwell RF,Ellis-Felege SN,Darby BJ

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：:Distinguishing between primary and secondary intergradation among differentiated populations, and the relative importance of drift and selection, are persistent problems in evolutionary biology. An historical perspective on population interactions can provide insight into the nature of contacts, and thus help resolve ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Schneider CJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly expressed proteins can exhibit relatively small material costs, in terms of the quantities of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) or sulphur (S) atoms they contain. This 'elemental sparing' probably reflects selection to reduce the quantities of potentially growth-limiting elements in abundant proteins, but the evolutiona...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Bragg JG,Quigg A,Raven JA,Wagner A

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:Vertically transmitted symbionts suffer a severe reduction in numbers when they pass through host generations, resulting in genetic homogeneity or even clonality of their populations. Wolbachia endosymbionts that induce cytoplasmic incompatibility in their hosts depart from this rule, because cytoplasmic incompatibili...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Mouton L,Henri H,Bouletreau M,Vavre F

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans are notorious for disturbing terrestrial ecosystems worldwide, especially those that are in close proximity to urban areas. This disturbance has involved the accumulation of various types of chemical pollutants, of either agricultural or industrial origins, in both soil and water ecosystems. Pollutants have som...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Corradi N,Charest C

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arion vulgaris (syn. A. lusitanicus) is the most destructive pest slug in Europe. The species has been regarded a classic case of an ongoing biological invasion with negative economic and ecological impact in many European countries, but this status has recently been contested. In this study, we assessed mitochondrial...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Zemanova MA,Knop E,Heckel G

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study between microsatellite and allozyme markers was conducted on natural populations of resident brown trout (Salmo trutta) sampled over a reduced geographical scale and on hatchery strains. The higher level of polymorphism observed at microsatellite loci resulted in higher power of statistical tests f...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Estoup A,Rousset F,Michalakis Y,Cornuet JM,Adriamanga M,Guyomard R

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species may often exhibit geographic variation in population genetic structure due to contemporary and historical variation in population size and gene flow. Here, we test the predictions that populations on the margins of a species' distribution contain less genetic variation and are more differentiated than populati...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Hamilton JA,Eckert CG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Island formation is a key driver of biological evolution, and several studies have used geological ages of islands to calibrate rates of DNA change. However, many islands are home to "relict" lineages whose divergence apparently pre-dates island age. The geologically dynamic New Zealand (NZ) archipelago sits upon the ...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： McCulloch GA,Waters JM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epichloë endophytes are fungal symbionts of grasses that span a continuum including asexual mutualists that are vertically transmitted, obligately sexual pathogens that are horizontally transmitted, and mixed-strategy symbionts with both mutualistic and pathogenic capabilities. Here we show that processes of genome ev...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Moon CD,Craven KD,Leuchtmann A,Clement SL,Schardl CL

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freshwater planarians Dugesia japonica from three localities were examined for cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequence, karyotype and the presence of genital organ. The planarians from Mt Fujiwara in Japan were composed of two different groups; one revealed inter- and intraindividual COI gene heterogeneity,...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Bessho Y,Tamura S,Hori H,Tanaka H,Ohama T,Osawa S

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A whole-genome duplication (WGD) doubles the entire genomic content of a species and is thought to have catalysed adaptive radiation in some polyploid-origin lineages. However, little is known about general consequences of a WGD because gene duplicates (i.e., paralogs) are commonly filtered in genomic studies; such fi...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Limborg MT,Larson WA,Seeb LW,Seeb JE

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequence variation has been used extensively to study the evolutionary relationships of individuals and populations, both within and across species. So ubiquitous and easily acquired are mtDNA data that it has been suggested that such data could serve as a taxonomic 'barcode' for an objec...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Thalmann O,Hebler J,Poinar HN,Pääbo S,Vigilant L

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The research objectives were to determine aspects of the population dynamics relevant to effective monitoring of gene flow in the soybean crop complex in Japan. Using 20 microsatellite primers, 616 individuals from 77 wild soybean (Glycine soja) populations were analysed. All samples were of small seed size (< 0.03 g)...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Kuroda Y,Kaga A,Tomooka N,Vaughan DA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogeographical studies are emerging as a powerful tool for understanding the population structure and evolution of wild relatives of crop species. Because of their value as genetic resources, there is great interest in exploring the distribution of variation in wild relatives of cultivated plants. In this study, we...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Caicedo AL,Schaal BA

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological control requires specific tools for the accurate detection and identification of natural enemies, and to detect unusual variations in their density, which may follow changes in agricultural practices. Here we have developed specific molecular markers to detect Lydella thompsoni (Herting) and Pseudoperichaet...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Agustí N,Bourguet D,Spataro T,Delos M,Eychenne N,Folcher L,Arditi R

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of continental Europe in the Neogene was due to the regression of the Tethys Ocean and of the Paratethys Sea. The dynamic geology of the area and repetitious transitions between marine and freshwater conditions presented opportunities for the colonization of newly emerging hydrological networks and diver...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Mamos T,Wattier R,Burzyński A,Grabowski M

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) is an ecologically dominant grass with wide distribution across the environmental gradient of U.S. Midwest grasslands. This system offers an ideal natural laboratory to study population divergence and adaptation in spatially varying climates. Objectives were to: (i) characterize neut...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Gray MM,St Amand P,Bello NM,Galliart MB,Knapp M,Garrett KA,Morgan TJ,Baer SG,Maricle BR,Akhunov ED,Johnson LC

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:We present a mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotype phylogeny for Amazonian Anolis lizards, including geographical sampling within four species distributed across the Amazon basin (A. fuscoauratus, A. nitens, A. ortonii and A. punctatus). Approximately 1500 bp of mtDNA encoding ND2, COI and four transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Glor RE,Vitt LJ,Larson A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving resistance durability involves to be able to predict the adaptation speed of pathogen populations. Identifying the genetic bases of pathogen adaptation to plant resistances is a useful step to better understand and anticipate this phenomenon. Globodera pallida is a major pest of potato crop for which a resis...

journal_title：Molecular ecology

authors： Eoche-Bosy D,Gautier M,Esquibet M,Legeai F,Bretaudeau A,Bouchez O,Fournet S,Grenier E,Montarry J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00