Best practices for collecting and preserving marine mammal biological samples in the 'omics era

AM Van Cise, AD Switzer, A Apprill… - Marine Mammal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The recent rise of 'omics and other molecular research technologies alongside improved
techniques for tissue preservation have broadened the scope of marine mammal research …

A review of genomics methods and bioinformatics tools for the analysis of close-kin mark-recapture

L Casas, F Saborido-Rey - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Stock assessments serve to monitor the condition of fish stocks and exploit them sustainably
but require accurate data such as growth and mortality rates as input parameters. Most …

Benchmarking ultra-high molecular weight DNA preservation methods for long-read and long-range sequencing

HA Dahn, J Mountcastle, J Balacco, S Winkler… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Studies in vertebrate genomics require sampling from a broad range of tissue
types, taxa, and localities. Recent advancements in long-read and long-range genome …

Plastic plumage colouration in response to experimental humidity supports Gloger's rule

I López-Rull, C Salaberría, JA Fargallo - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Knowing how animals adapt their phenotype to local temperature and humidity is key to
understanding not only ecogeographical rules, but also how species will manage climate …

Draft genome assemblies of the avian louse Brueelia nebulosa and its associates using long-read sequencing from an individual specimen

AD Sweet, DR Browne, AG Hernandez… - G3: Genes …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sequencing high molecular weight (HMW) DNA with long-read and linked-read
technologies has promoted a major increase in more complete genome sequences for …

Affordable de novo generation of fish mitogenomes using amplification‐free enrichment of mitochondrial DNA and deep sequencing of long fragments

A Ramón‐Laca, R Gallego… - Molecular ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomonitoring surveys make use of metabarcoding tools to describe the community
composition. These studies match their sequencing results against public genomic …

Mitochondrial genomes reveal mid-Pleistocene population divergence, and post-glacial expansion, in Australasian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus)

T Oosting, L Martínez-García, G Ferrari, AJF Verry… - Heredity, 2023 - nature.com
Glacial cycles play important roles in determining the phylogeographic structure of terrestrial
species, however, relatively little is known about their impacts on the distribution of marine …

Extension of mitogenome enrichment based on single long-range PCR: mtDNAs and putative mitochondrial-derived peptides of five rodent hibernators

SV Emser, H Schaschl, E Millesi, R Steinborn - Frontiers in genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Enriching mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) for sequencing entire mitochondrial genomes
(mitogenomes) can be achieved by single long-range PCR. This avoids interference from …

High-Resolution Melting (HRM) Analysis for Rapid Molecular Identification of Sparidae Species in the Greek Fish Market

E Chatzoglou, N Tsaousi, AP Apostolidis… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) and the common dentex (Dentex dentex) are Sparidae
species of high commercial value, traded in the Greek market. In some cases, fish species …

Genetic Diversity Evaluation and Conservation of Topmouth Culter (Culter alburnus) Germplasm in Five River Basins in China

M He, DA Fang, Y Chen, H Sun, H Luo, Y Ren, T Li - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary To better protect and manage the germplasm resources of the topmouth
culter (Culter alburnus), it is important to explore the current status of its genetic diversity. In …