Search Results - "MURRAY, BRENT W."

Autumn shifts in cold tolerance metabolites in overwintering adult mountain pine beetles by Thompson, Kirsten M, Huber, Dezene P W, Murray, Brent W

“…The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a major forest pest of pines in western North America. Beetles typically…”
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Spatial genetic structure of a symbiotic beetle-fungal system: toward multi-taxa integrated landscape genetics by James, Patrick M A, Coltman, Dave W, Murray, Brent W, Hamelin, Richard C, Sperling, Felix A H

“…Spatial patterns of genetic variation in interacting species can identify shared features that are important to gene flow and can elucidate co-evolutionary…”
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Adaptive and neutral markers both show continent‐wide population structure of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) by Batista, Philip D., Janes, Jasmine K., Boone, Celia K., Murray, Brent W., Sperling, Felix A. H.

“…Assessments of population genetic structure and demographic history have traditionally been based on neutral markers while explicitly excluding adaptive…”
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Spatial genetic structure of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreak in western Canada: historical patterns and contemporary dispersal by GAYATHRI SAMARASEKERA, G. D. N., BARTELL, NICHOLAS V., LINDGREN, B. STAFFAN, COOKE, JANICE E. K., DAVIS, COREY S., JAMES, PATRICK M. A., COLTMAN, DAVID W., MOCK, KAREN E., MURRAY, BRENT W.

“…Environmental change has a wide range of ecological consequences, including species extinction and range expansion. Many studies have shown that insect species…”
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Evolution of white-throated sparrow song: regional variation through shift in terminal strophe type and length by Zimmerman, Hannah D, Ramsay, Scott M, Mesias, Veronica, Mora, Marcelo, Murray, Brent W, Otter, Ken A

“…We investigated the emergence over time of a novel song variant (doublet-ending song) in a western Canadian sub-population of white-throated sparrows; this…”
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Expression of Four Glutamine Synthetase Genes in the Early Stages of Development of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Relationship to Nitrogen Excretion by Essex-Fraser, Phyllis A., Steele, Shelby L., Bernier, Nicholas J., Murray, Brent W., Stevens, E. Don, Wright, Patricia A.

“…The incorporation of ammonia into glutamine, catalyzed by glutamine synthetase, is thought to be important in the detoxification of ammonia in animals. During…”
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Molecular ecology of the sleeper shark subgenus Somniosus (Somniosus) reveals genetic homogeneity within species and lack of support for S. antarcticus by Timm, Laura E, Tribuzio, Cindy, Walter, Ryan P, Larson, Wesley A, Murray, Brent W, Hussey, Nigel E, Wildes, Sharon

“…Abstract Inferences made from molecular data support regional stock assessment goals by providing insights into the genetic population dynamics of enigmatic…”
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Reduced genetic diversity associated with the northern expansion of an amphibian species with high habitat specialization, Ascaphus truei, resolved using two types of genetic markers by Mosher, Cherie M., Johnson, Chris J., Murray, Brent W.

“…Reconstruction of historical relationships between geographic regions within a species’ range can indicate dispersal patterns and help predict future responses…”
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Przewalski’s Naked Carp (Gymnocypris przewalskii): An Endangered Species Taking a Metabolic Holiday in Lake Qinghai, China by Wood, Chris M., Du, Jizeng, Rogers, Joe, Brauner, Colin J., Richards, Jeffrey G., Semple, Jeffrey W., Murray, Brent W., Chen, X.‐Q., Wang, Yuxiang

“…The naked carp is an endangered cyprinid that migrates annually between freshwater rivers, where it spawns, and Lake Qinghai, where it feeds and grows. Lake…”
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Evolution of glutamine synthetase in vertebrates: multiple glutamine synthetase genes expressed in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by Murray, Brent W, Busby, Ellen R, Mommsen, Thomas P, Wright, Patricia A

“…Glutamine synthetase (GSase) is a key enzyme in nitrogen metabolism and encoded by a single gene in mammals. Using PCR cloning techniques, including RT-PCR…”
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How the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) breached the Canadian Rocky Mountains by Janes, Jasmine K, Li, Yisu, Keeling, Christopher I, Yuen, Macaire M S, Boone, Celia K, Cooke, Janice E K, Bohlmann, Joerg, Huber, Dezene P W, Murray, Brent W, Coltman, David W, Sperling, Felix A H

“…The mountain pine beetle (MPB; Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins), a major pine forest pest native to western North America, has extended its range north and…”
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Dogmas and controversies in the handling of nitrogenous wastes: expression of arginase Type I and II genes in rainbow trout: influence of fasting on liver enzyme activity and mRNA levels in juveniles by Wright, Patricia A, Campbell, Alisha, Morgan, Robyn L, Rosenberger, Andrew G, Murray, Brent W

“…Through analysis of a cDNA library and third-party annotation of available database sequences, we characterized the full-length coding regions of rainbow trout…”
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Plasmid sonication improves sequencing efficiency and quality in the Beckman Coulter CEQ system by Thompson, Mark, Aukema, Kelly, O'Bryan, Dana, Rader, Stephen, Murray, Brent

“…We report on an unexpectedly high rate of unreadable chromatograms from plasmid sequencing using Beckman Coulter's protocols, chemistry, and CEQ8000…”
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The effect of hypoxia on gill morphology and ionoregulatory status in the Lake Qinghai scaleless carp, Gymnocypris przewalskii by Matey, Victoria, Richards, Jeffrey G, Wang, Yuxiang, Wood, Chris M, Rogers, Joe, Davies, Rhiannon, Murray, Brent W, Chen, X-Q, Du, Jizeng, Brauner, Colin J

“…Goldfish and crucian carp at low temperature exhibit plasticity in gill morphology during exposure to hypoxia to enhance gas exchange. Hypoxia-induced changes…”
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Characterization of class I- and class II-like major histocompatibility complex loci in pedigrees of North Atlantic right whales by Gillett, Roxanne M, Murray, Brent W, White, Bradley N

“…North Atlantic right whales have one of the lowest levels of genetic variation at minisatellite loci, microsatellite loci, and mitochondrial control region…”
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Effects of parental condition and nesting habitat on sex allocation in the mountain chickadee by Bonderud, Erica S, Otter, Ken A, Murray, Brent W, Marini, Kristen L.D, Burg, Theresa M, Reudink, Matthew W

“…When the reproductive value of sons vs. daughters differs, sex allocation theory predicts females should bias the sex ratio of their broods towards the…”
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Selection of the sex‐linked inhibitor of apoptosis in mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) driven by enhanced expression during early overwintering by Horianopoulos, Linda C., Boone, Celia K., Samarasekera, G. D. N. Gayathri, Kandola, Gurkirat K., Murray, Brent W.

“…The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) is an insect native to western North America; however, its geographical range has recently expanded north in…”
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Correction: Spatial Genetic Structure of a Symbiotic Beetle-Fungal System: Toward Multi-Taxa Integrated Landscape Genetics by James, Patrick M. A., Coltman, Dave W., Murray, Brent W., Hamelin, Richard C., Sperling, Felix A. H.

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Rapid identification and detection of pine pathogenic fungi associated with mountain pine beetles by padlock probes by Tsui, Clement K.M., Wang, Bin, Khadempour, Lily, Alamouti, Sepideh Massoumi, Bohlmann, Jörg, Murray, Brent W., Hamelin, Richard C.

“…Fifteen million hectares of pine forests in western Canada have been attacked by the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae; MPB), leading to…”
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Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 April 2013-31 May 2013 by Agostini, Cecilia, Albaladejo, R. G., Aparicio, A., Arthofer, Wolfgang, Berrebi, P., Boag, Peter T., Carbone, Ignazio, Conroy, Gabriel C., Cortesero, A. M., Costa Gonçalves, Evonnildo, Costa, Diogo, Couto, Alvarina, De Girolamo, MIrko, Du, Hao, Fu, Shi-Jian, Garrido-Garduño, T., Gettová, L., Gilles, A., Guerreiro Hamoy, Igor, Herrera, C. M., Heussler, Carina, Isidro, Eduardo, Josso, C., Krapf, Patrick, Lamont, Robert W., Le Ralec, A., Lopes, Susana, Luís, Carla, Luo, Hui, Mahéo, F., Marino, Ilaria A. M., Mieuzet, L., Murray, Brent W., Ogbourne, Steven M., Pallavicini, Alberto, Parejo-Farnés, C., Patarnello, Tomaso, Paty, C., Pereira, Carolina, Pinho, Catarina, Pinto, Pablo, Poinsot, D., Powell, Adrienne, Putman, Alexander I., Santoro, André, Santos, Sidney, Schlick-Steiner, Birgit C., Scott, Candace, Silvanira Barbosa, Maria, Šimková, A., Simon, J.-C., Solé-Cava, Antonio, Steiner, Florian M., Sun, Zhengxin, Torboli, Valentina, Tredway, Lane P., Van Coeverden de Groot, Peter J., Vasconcellos, Anderson, Vázquez-Domínguez, E., Wang, Deng-Qiang, Wang, Yu-Xiang, Wei, Qi-Wei, Zane, Lorenzo, Zhang, Shu-Huan

“…This article documents the addition of 234 microsatellite marker loci to the Molecular Ecology Resources Database. Loci were developed for the following…”
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