Uncovering ecological state dynamics with hidden Markov models

BT McClintock, R Langrock, O Gimenez, E Cam… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological systems can often be characterised by changes among a finite set of underlying
states pertaining to individuals, populations, communities or entire ecosystems through time …

Similarity regression predicts evolution of transcription factor sequence specificity

SA Lambert, AWH Yang, A Sasse, G Cowley, M Albu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Transcription factor (TF) binding specificities (motifs) are essential for the analysis of gene
regulation. Accurate prediction of TF motifs is critical, because it is infeasible to assay all TFs …

Patterns, predictors, and consequences of dominance in hybrids

KA Thompson, M Urquhart-Cronish… - The American …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Compared to those of their parents, are the traits of first-generation (F1) hybrids typically
intermediate, biased toward one parent, or mismatched for alternative parental phenotypes …

Disentangling bias for non-destructive insect metabarcoding

F Martoni, AM Piper, BC Rodoni, MJ Blacket - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
A fast and reliable method for obtaining a species-level identification is a fundamental
requirement for a wide range of activities, from plant protection and invasive species …

DNA Metabarcoding Enables High-Throughput Detection of Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) Within Unsorted Trap Catches

AM Piper, JP Cunningham, NOI Cogan… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii, Matsumara) is a rapidly spreading global
pest of soft and stone fruit production. Due to the similarity of many of its life stages to other …

Sucked in by eDNA–a promising tool for complementing riverine assessment of freshwater fish communities in Aotearoa New Zealand

BO David, DR Fake, AS Hicks… - New Zealand Journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
There is increasing interest in the health of waterways in Aotearoa New Zealand. The
National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM) places a greater …

Genomic conservation and putative downstream functionality of the phosphatidylinositol signalling pathway in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

IA Ashley, SA Kitchen, LM Gorman… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The mutualistic cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis underpins the evolutionary success of
stony corals and the persistence of coral reefs. However, a molecular understanding of the …

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 …

Intercellular interaction mechanisms promote diversity in intracellular ATP concentration in Escherichia coli populations

RJ Nakatani, M Itabashi, TG Yamada, NF Hiroi… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
In fluctuating environments, many microorganisms acquire phenotypic heterogeneity as a
survival tactic to increase the likelihood of survival of the overall population. One example of …

Optimal sample type and number vary in small shallow lakes when targeting non-native fish environmental DNA

MHV Picard, A Zaiko, AM Tidy, DJ Kelly… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Non-native fish have been shown to have deleterious impacts on freshwater ecosystems in
New Zealand. Early detection is critical for their effective management. Traditional capture …