Browsing by Subject "population genetics"
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(2019-08-14)Lions are a flagship species, meaning that as a large, charismatic carnivore, research and conservation for the lion influences many other species that share its habitat. Proper management requires understanding of a ...
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(2022-01-31)When invasive species arrive to new locations, they do not arrive alone. Invasive species come with a symbiotic entourage and can establish new interactions involving both microscopic and macroscopic organisms in their ...
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(2009-05-15)Conservation biologists have used reintroduction as a method to reestablish extirpated species in their native habitat. Three important aspects of a successful reintroduction effort include: (1) a habitat suitability study ...
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(2016-12-07)The red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) indigenous to the mountains of the western United States are high-elevation specialists that could face range reduction due to climatic warming, as well as potential encroachment, loss of ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Pinus taeda L. dynamics, migration patterns and genetic structure were investigated over geological time scale (the past 21,000 years), historical time scale (the past 500 years) and recent time scale (the past 50 years ...
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(2012-08-15)Karenia brevis is the major harmful bloom forming dinoflagellate in the Gulf of Mexico. The toxin produced by this dinoflagellate can cause large fish kills, marine mammal mortality, respiratory irritation, and neurotoxic ...
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(2012-02-14)Natural hybrid zones provide opportunities to study a range of evolutionary phenomena from speciation to the genetic basis of fitness-related traits. Additionally, investing the structure of hybrid zones can provide ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Pine cone beetles (Conophthorus sp.) are serious pests of many forest ecosystems since they burrow into pine cone tissues for egg deposition, causing the death of the seeds. Management of these beetles in natural and ...
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(2012-02-14)Anopheles melas is a brackish water mosquito found along the coast of West-Africa where it can be the dominant malaria vector locally. In order to facilitate genetic studies of this species and to examine the usefulness ...
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(2014-04-30)Geomydoecus ewingi is a relatively well-known chewing louse that parasitizes the pocket gopher Geomys breviceps in the rodent family Geomyidae. Pocket gophers have been documented to exhibit long-term associations with ...
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(2012-07-16)Dark (Microdipodops megacephalus) and pallid (Microdipodops pallidus) kangaroo mice are ecological specialists found in arid regions of the Great Basin Desert of the southwestern United States. Historical and current habitat ...
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(2017-01-17)The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, is an important species in estuarine habitats, serving as both predator and prey to other species, and plays a pivotal ecological and economic role throughout its range. In recent years, ...
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(2016-05-06)Globally, the genus Mustelus (smoothhound sharks) represents one of the most speciose groups of cartilaginous fishes. Morphological similarities and geographic overlap among species cause difficulties with species ...
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(2012-10-19)The African bonytongue (Heterotis niloticus), one of two living species of the primitive teleost family Arapaimidae, constitutes an important artisanal and commercial fishery in West Africa. This species has also been ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Astrophytum asterias (star cactus) and Lophophora williamsii (peyote) are sympatric species in the Tamaulipecan thornscrub of South Texas and adjacent Mexico. Peyote has been excavated from two archaeological sites: Shumla ...
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(2023-05-04)Avocados (Persea americana) are highly nutritious fruits that dominate the global export market and have an extensive genomics research background. They have a complex domestication history with some disagreement on the ...