Mining museums for historical DNA: advances and challenges in museomics
Historical DNA (hDNA), obtained from museum and herbarium specimens, has yielded
spectacular new insights into the history of organisms. This includes documenting historical …
spectacular new insights into the history of organisms. This includes documenting historical …
Recent advances in understanding mitochondrial genome diversity
R Zardoya - F1000Research, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ever since its discovery, the double-stranded DNA contained in the mitochondria of
eukaryotes has fascinated researchers because of its bacterial endosymbiotic origin, crucial …
eukaryotes has fascinated researchers because of its bacterial endosymbiotic origin, crucial …
Culicidae evolutionary history focusing on the Culicinae subfamily based on mitochondrial phylogenomics
AF da Silva, LC Machado, MB de Paula… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Mosquitoes are insects of medical importance due their role as vectors of different
pathogens to humans. There is a lack of information about the evolutionary history and …
pathogens to humans. There is a lack of information about the evolutionary history and …
Skimming for barcodes: rapid production of mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal repeat reference markers through shallow shotgun sequencing
DNA barcoding is critical to conservation and biodiversity research, yet public reference
databases are incomplete. Existing barcode databases are biased toward cytochrome …
databases are incomplete. Existing barcode databases are biased toward cytochrome …
Skimming genomes for systematics and DNA barcodes of corals
Numerous genomic methods developed over the past two decades have enabled the
discovery and extraction of orthologous loci to help resolve phylogenetic relationships …
discovery and extraction of orthologous loci to help resolve phylogenetic relationships …
Species richness of bat flies and their associations with host bats in a subtropical East Asian region
ESK Poon, G Chen, HY Tsang, CT Shek, WC Tsui… - Parasites & vectors, 2023 - Springer
Background Understanding the interactions between bat flies and host bats offer us
fundamental insights into the coevolutionary and ecological processes in host-parasite …
fundamental insights into the coevolutionary and ecological processes in host-parasite …
Creating, curating and evaluating a mitogenomic reference database to improve regional species identification using environmental DNA
Species detection using eDNA is revolutionizing global capacity to monitor biodiversity.
However, the lack of regional, vouchered, genomic sequence information—especially …
However, the lack of regional, vouchered, genomic sequence information—especially …
Museomics and phylogenomics of lovebirds (Psittaciformes, Psittaculidae, Agapornis) using low-coverage whole-genome sequencing
Natural history collections contain specimens that provide important insights into studies of
ecology and evolution. With the advancement of high-throughput sequencing, historical …
ecology and evolution. With the advancement of high-throughput sequencing, historical …
Revised phylogeny from complete mitochondrial genomes of phyllostomid bats resolves subfamilial classification
Classically, molecular phylogenetic trees of Phyllostomidae have been inferred using a
combination of a few mitochondrial and nuclear markers. However, there is still uncertainty …
combination of a few mitochondrial and nuclear markers. However, there is still uncertainty …
Phylogenomic study of Amorphophallus (Alismatales; Araceae): When plastid DNA gene sequences help to resolve the backbone subgeneric delineation
Encompassing ca. 200 species distributed in paleotropical Africa and Asia, Amorphophallus
is one of the largest genera of Araceae. In spite of the great economic interest in its …
is one of the largest genera of Araceae. In spite of the great economic interest in its …