Adaptation to bioinvasions: When does it occur?

A Nota, S Bertolino, F Tiralongo… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of alien species represents a major cause of habitat degradation and
biodiversity loss worldwide, constituting a critical environmental challenge of our time …

Galba: genome annotation with miniprot and AUGUSTUS

T Brůna, H Li, J Guhlin, D Honsel, S Herbold… - BMC …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background The Earth Biogenome Project has rapidly increased the number of
available eukaryotic genomes, but most released genomes continue to lack annotation of …

Late-life fitness gains and reproductive death in Cardiocondyla obscurior ants

LM Jaimes-Nino, J Heinze, J Oettler - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
A key hypothesis for the occurrence of senescence is the decrease in selection strength due
to the decrease in the proportion of newborns from parents attaining an advanced age–the …

De novo sequencing, diploid assembly, and annotation of the black carpenter ant, Camponotus pennsylvanicus, and its symbionts by one person for $1000, using …

C Faulk - Nucleic acids research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) is a pest species found widely
throughout North America. From a single individual I used long-read nanopore sequencing …

Causes and consequences of a complex recombinational landscape in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior

M Errbii, J Gadau, K Becker, L Schrader… - Genome …, 2024 - genome.cshlp.org
Eusocial Hymenoptera have the highest recombination rates among all multicellular animals
studied so far, but it is unclear why this is and how this affects the biology of individual …

Polygenic adaptation contributes to the invasive success of the Colorado potato beetle

F Yang, MS Crossley, L Schrader… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
How invasive species cope with novel selective pressures with limited genetic variation is a
fundamental question in molecular ecology. Several mechanisms have been proposed, but …

Queens control caste allocation in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior

E Schultner, T Wallner, B Dofka… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Social insect queens and workers can engage in conflict over reproductive allocation when
they have different fitness optima. Here, we show that queens have control over queen …

Seeing the whole picture: What molecular ecology is gaining from whole genomes.

RS Taylor, EL Jensen, DW Coltman… - Molecular …, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
WGS, once restricted to model organisms, is now feasible for most taxa, and we anticipate
an explosion of whole genome resources going beyond just one reference genome for each …

Genomic basis of adaptation to climate and parasite prevalence and the importance of odorant perception in the ant Temnothorax longispinosus

MN Macit, E Collin, M Pfenninger, S Foitzik… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A co‐evolutionary arms race ensues when parasites exhibit exploitative behaviour, which
prompts adaptations in their hosts, in turn triggering counter‐adaptations by the parasites …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic Variation in Jamaican Populations of the Coffee Berry Borer, Hypothenemus hampei

M Errbii, A Myrie, D Robinson… - Genome Biology and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The coffee berry borer (CBB) Hypothenemus hampei was first described in Africa in 1867
and has spread to all major coffee-producing regions worldwide, including Jamaica. Using …