Modernizing the toolkit for arthropod bloodmeal identification

EM Borland, RC Kading - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The ability to identify the source of vertebrate blood in mosquitoes, ticks,
and other blood-feeding arthropod vectors greatly enhances our knowledge of how vector …

Pollen diets and niche overlap of honey bees and native bees in protected areas

B Elliott, R Wilson, A Shapcott, A Keller, R Newis… - Basic and Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
The decline of both managed and wild bee populations has been extensively reported for
over a decade now, with growing concerns amongst the scientific community. Also, evidence …

Interrogating 1000 insect genomes for NUMTs: A risk assessment for estimates of species richness

PDN Hebert, DG Bock, SWJ Prosser - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The nuclear genomes of most animal species include NUMTs, segments of the mitogenome
incorporated into their chromosomes. Although NUMT counts are known to vary greatly …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid evolution, rearrangements and whole mitogenome duplication in the Australian stingless bees Tetragonula (Hymenoptera: Apidae): A steppingstone …

E Françoso, AR Zuntini, PC Ricardo, PKF Santos… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The extreme conservation of mitochondrial genomes in metazoans poses a significant
challenge to understanding mitogenome evolution. However, the presence of variation in …

coil: an R package for cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) DNA barcode data cleaning, translation, and error evaluation

CM Nugent, TA Elliott, S Ratnasingham… - Genome, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Biological conclusions based on DNA barcoding and metabarcoding analyses can be
strongly influenced by the methods utilized for data generation and curation, leading to …

Mitochondrial DNA intra-individual variation in a bumblebee species: A challenge for evolutionary studies and molecular identification

PC Ricardo, E Francoso, MC Arias - Mitochondrion, 2020 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) regions have been widely used as molecular markers in
evolutionary studies and species identification. However, the presence of heteroplasmy and …

Phylogenetic and divergence analysis of Pentatomidae, with a comparison of the mitochondrial genomes of two related species (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae)

W Jia, J Chen, S Ge, Z Zhang, Y Xiao, L Qi, Q Zhao… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Pentatomidae, the most diverse family of Pentatomoidea, is found worldwide. Currently, the
phylogenetic relationships among Pentatomidae tribes remain unstable, and subfamily …

Shifting range in a stingless bee leads to pre-mating reproductive interference between species

G Paul, L Bartels, FGB Bueno, G Law, T Heard… - Conservation …, 2023 - Springer
Human-induced shifts in species' ranges can increase contact between closely related
species and lead to reproductive interference. In Australia, climate change and trade in …

Mitochondrial Heteroplasmy and PCR Amplification Bias Lead to Wrong Species Delimitation with High Confidence in the South American and Antarctic Marine …

M Martínez, L Harms, D Abele, C Held - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The species delimitation of the marine bivalve species complex Aequiyoldia eightsii in South
America and Antarctica is complicated by mitochondrial heteroplasmy and amplification bias …

Gene Flow Between Populations With Highly Divergent Mitogenomes in the Australian Stingless Bee, Tetragonula hockingsi

G Law, CRB da Silva, I Vlasich‐Brennan… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Coadaptation of mitochondrial and nuclear genes is essential for proper cellular function.
When populations become isolated, theory predicts that they should maintain mito‐nuclear …