Guidelines for DNA taxonomy, with a focus on the meiofauna

D Fontaneto, JF Flot, CQ Tang - Marine Biodiversity, 2015 - Springer
Describing biological diversity is a challenging endeavour, especially for the small, cryptic
animals that make up the meiofauna. The field of DNA taxonomy, ie, the use of DNA to …

Chelex without boiling, a rapid and easy technique to obtain stable amplifiable DNA from small amounts of ethanol‐stored spiders

J Casquet, C Thebaud… - Molecular ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
DNA barcoding projects require high‐throughput generation of sequence data to assemble
the comprehensive reference databases that are required to perform large‐scale …

Genetic diversity of the honeybee in Africa: microsatellite and mitochondrial data

P Franck, L Garnery, A Loiseau, BP Oldroyd… - Heredity, 2001 - nature.com
A total of 738 colonies from 64 localities along the African continent have been analysed
using the DraI RFLP of the COI–COII mitochondrial region. Mitochondrial DNA of African …

Recent habitat fragmentation caused by major roads leads to reduction of gene flow and loss of genetic variability in ground beetles

I Keller, CR Largiadèr - … of the Royal Society of London …, 2003 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Although habitat fragmentation is suspected to jeopardize the long–term survival of many
species, few data are available on its impact on the genetic variability of invertebrates. We …

Intracommunity relationships, dispersal pattern and paternity success in a wild living community of bonobos (Pan paniscus) determined from DNA analysis of faecal …

U Gerloff, B Hartung, B Fruth… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Differences in social relationships among community members are often explained by
differences in genetic relationships. The current techniques of DNA analysis allow explicit …

High Genetic Load in the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas

S Launey, D Hedgecock - Genetics, 2001 - academic.oup.com
The causes of inbreeding depression and the converse phenomenon of heterosis or hybrid
vigor remain poorly understood despite their scientific and agricultural importance. In bivalve …

Comparative analysis of microsatellite and allozyme markers: a case study investigating microgeographic differentiation in brown trout (Salmo trutta)

A Estoup, F Rousset, Y Michalakis… - Molecular …, 1998 - search.ebscohost.com
A comparative study between microsatellite and allozyme markers was conducted on
natural populations of resident brown trout (Salmo trutta) sampled over a reduced …

The consequences of feminization in breeding groups of wild fish

CA Harris, PB Hamilton, TJ Runnalls… - Environmental …, 2011 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background The feminization of nature by endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) is a key
environmental issue affecting both terrestrial and aquatic wildlife. A crucial and as yet …

Genomic signatures of local directional selection in a high gene flow marine organism; the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

EE Nielsen, J Hemmer-Hansen, NA Poulsen… - BMC evolutionary …, 2009 - Springer
Background Marine fishes have been shown to display low levels of genetic structuring and
associated high levels of gene flow, suggesting shallow evolutionary trajectories and …

Molecular confirmation of a fourth lineage in honeybees from the Near East

P Franck, L Garnery, M Solignac, JM Cornuet - Apidologie, 2000 - apidologie.org
The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from 75 honeybee colonies from the Lebanon was
characterized by DraI restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the COI-COII …