Search Results - "Prosser, Sean W J"

Interrogating 1000 insect genomes for NUMTs: A risk assessment for estimates of species richness by Hebert, Paul D N, Bock, Dan G, Prosser, Sean W J

“…The nuclear genomes of most animal species include NUMTs, segments of the mitogenome incorporated into their chromosomes. Although NUMT counts are known to…”
Get full text

DNA barcodes from over-a-century-old type specimens shed light on the taxonomy of a group of rare butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Calinaginae) by Todisco, Valentina, Basu, Dipendra Nath, Prosser, Sean W J, Russell, Stephen, Mutanen, Marko, Zilli, Alberto, Huertas, Blanca, Kunte, Krushnamegh, Vane-Wright, Richard

“…We analyzed COI barcode sequences from 138 over-a-century old specimens of Calinaga including 36 name-bearing type specimens stored at the Natural History…”
Get full text

A DNA 'barcode blitz': rapid digitization and sequencing of a natural history collection by Hebert, Paul D N, Dewaard, Jeremy R, Zakharov, Evgeny V, Prosser, Sean W J, Sones, Jayme E, McKeown, Jaclyn T A, Mantle, Beth, La Salle, John

“…DNA barcoding protocols require the linkage of each sequence record to a voucher specimen that has, whenever possible, been authoritatively identified. Natural…”
Get full text

Drought at a coastal wetland affects refuelling and migration strategies of shorebirds by Anderson, Alexandra M., Friis, Christian, Gratto-Trevor, Cheri L., Harris, Christopher M., Love, Oliver P., Morrison, R. I. Guy, Prosser, Sean W. J., Nol, Erica, Smith, Paul A.

“…Droughts can affect invertebrate communities in wetlands, which can have bottom-up effects on the condition and survival of top predators. Shorebirds, key…”
Get full text

DNA barcodes from century‐old type specimens using next‐generation sequencing by Prosser, Sean W. J., deWaard, Jeremy R., Miller, Scott E., Hebert, Paul D. N.

“…Type specimens have high scientific importance because they provide the only certain connection between the application of a Linnean name and a physical…”
Get full text

Next generation sequencing-aided comprehensive geographic coverage sheds light on the status of rare and extinct populations of Aporia butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) by Todisco, Valentina, Vodă, Raluca, Prosser, Sean W. J., Nazari, Vazrick

“…The Black-veined White Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758), a common and widespread butterfly ranging from northwestern Africa to Europe and Asia, has been…”
Get full text

Advancing nematode barcoding: A primer cocktail for the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene from vertebrate parasitic nematodes by Prosser, Sean W. J., Velarde-Aguilar, Maria G., León-Règagnon, Virginia, Hebert, Paul D. N.

“…Although nematodes are one of the most diverse metazoan phyla, species identification through morphology is difficult. Several genetic markers have been used…”
Get full text

Culicoides species community composition and feeding preferences in two aquatic ecosystems in northern Spain by González, Mikel A, Goiri, Fátima, Prosser, Sean W J, Cevidanes, Aitor, Hernández-Triana, Luis M, Barandika, Jesús F, Hebert, Paul D N, García-Pérez, Ana L

“…Aquatic ecosystems provide breeding sites for blood-sucking insects such as Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), but factors affecting their…”
Get full text

Molecular species identification, host preference and detection of myxoma virus in the Anopheles maculipennis complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in southern England, UK by Brugman, Victor A, Hernández-Triana, Luis M, Prosser, Sean W J, Weland, Chris, Westcott, David G, Fooks, Anthony R, Johnson, Nicholas

“…Determining the host feeding patterns of mosquitoes by identifying the origin of their blood-meals is an important part of understanding the role of vector…”
Get full text

A Sequel to Sanger: amplicon sequencing that scales by Hebert, Paul D N, Braukmann, Thomas W A, Prosser, Sean W J, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, deWaard, Jeremy R, Ivanova, Natalia V, Janzen, Daniel H, Hallwachs, Winnie, Naik, Suresh, Sones, Jayme E, Zakharov, Evgeny V

“…Although high-throughput sequencers (HTS) have largely displaced their Sanger counterparts, the short read lengths and high error rates of most platforms…”
Get full text

Barcode 100K Specimens: In a Single Nanopore Run by Hebert, Paul D N, Floyd, Robin, Jafarpour, Saeideh, Prosser, Sean W J

“…It is a global priority to better manage the biosphere, but action must be informed by comprehensive data on the abundance and distribution of species. The…”
Get full text

Validation of COI metabarcoding primers for terrestrial arthropods by Elbrecht, Vasco, Braukmann, Thomas W.A, Ivanova, Natalia V, Prosser, Sean W.J, Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Wright, Michael, Zakharov, Evgeny V, Hebert, Paul D.N, Steinke, Dirk

“…Metabarcoding can rapidly determine the species composition of bulk samples and thus aids biodiversity and ecosystem assessment. However, it is essential to…”
Get full text

One species in eight: DNA barcodes from type specimens resolve a taxonomic quagmire by Mutanen, Marko, Kekkonen, Mari, Prosser, Sean W. J., Hebert, Paul D. N., Kaila, Lauri

“…Each holotype specimen provides the only objective link to a particular Linnean binomen. Sequence information from them is increasingly valuable due to the…”
Get full text

Vertebrate-Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera)-arbovirus transmission networks: Non-human feeding revealed by meta-barcoding and next-generation sequencing by Estrada-Franco, José Guillermo, Fernández-Santos, Nadia A, Adebiyi, Adeniran A, López-López, María de J, Aguilar-Durán, Jesús A, Hernández-Triana, Luis M, Prosser, Sean W J, Hebert, Paul D N, Fooks, Anthony R, Hamer, Gabriel L, Xue, Ling, Rodríguez-Pérez, Mario A

“…Aedes aegypti mosquito-borne viruses including Zika (ZIKV), dengue (DENV), yellow fever (YFV), and chikungunya (CHIKV) have emerged and re-emerged globally,…”
Get full text

Calibrating the taxonomy of a megadiverse insect family: 3000 DNA barcodes from geometrid type specimens (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) by Hausmann, Axel, Miller, Scott E, Holloway, Jeremy D, deWaard, Jeremy R, Pollock, David, Prosser, Sean W J, Hebert, Paul D N

“…It is essential that any DNA barcode reference library be based upon correctly identified specimens. The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) requires…”
Get more information

A SMRT approach for targeted amplicon sequencing of museum specimens (Lepidoptera)-patterns of nucleotide misincorporation by D'Ercole, Jacopo, Prosser, Sean W J, Hebert, Paul D N

“…Natural history collections are a valuable resource for molecular taxonomic studies and for examining patterns of evolutionary diversification, particularly in…”
Get full text

An Integrated Molecular Approach to Untangling Host-Vector-Pathogen Interactions in Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) From Sylvan Communities in Mexico by Hernández-Triana, Luis M, Garza-Hernández, Javier A, Ortega Morales, Aldo I, Prosser, Sean W J, Hebert, Paul D N, Nikolova, Nadya I, Barrero, Elsa, de Luna-Santillana, Erick de J, González-Alvarez, Vicente H, Mendez-López, Ramón, Chan-Chable, Rahuel J, Fooks, Anthony R, Rodríguez-Pérez, Mario A

“…There are ~240 species of Culicidae in Mexico, of which some are vectors of arthropod-borne viruses such as Zika virus, dengue virus, chikungunya virus, and…”
Get full text

Rapid identification of the botanical and entomological sources of honey using DNA metabarcoding by Prosser, Sean W.J., Hebert, Paul D.N.

“…•Authentication of honey using high throughput sequencing.•Analysis of DNA extracts from pollen and liquid fractions reveals plant and insect sources.•Tests on…”
Get full text

DNA barcoding as an aid for species identification in austral black flies (Insecta: Diptera: Simuliidae) by Hernández-Triana, Luis M, Montes De Oca, Fernanda, Prosser, Sean W J, Hebert, Paul D N, Gregory, T Ryan, McMurtrie, Shelley

“…In this paper, the utility of a partial sequence of the COI gene, the DNA barcoding region, for the identification of species of black flies in the austral…”
Get more information

Metabarcoding a diverse arthropod mock community by Braukmann, Thomas W. A., Ivanova, Natalia V., Prosser, Sean W. J., Elbrecht, Vasco, Steinke, Dirk, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, de Waard, Jeremy R., Sones, Jayme E., Zakharov, Evgeny V., Hebert, Paul D. N.

“…Although DNA metabarcoding is an attractive approach for monitoring biodiversity, it is often difficult to detect all the species present in a bulk sample. In…”
Get full text