Search Results - "Weigt, A"

Using DNA barcoding to assess Caribbean reef fish biodiversity: expanding taxonomic and geographic coverage by Weigt, Lee A, Baldwin, Carole C, Driskell, Amy, Smith, David G, Ormos, Andrea, Reyier, Eric A

“…This paper represents a DNA barcode data release for 3,400 specimens representing 521 species of fishes from 6 areas across the Caribbean and western central…”
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Use of DNA barcodes to identify flowering plants by Kress, W.J, Wurdack, K.J, Zimmer, E.A, Weigt, L.A, Janzen, D.H

“…Methods for identifying species by using short orthologous DNA sequences, known as "DNA barcodes," have been proposed and initiated to facilitate biodiversity…”
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Invasive lionfish preying on critically endangered reef fish by Rocha, Luiz A., Rocha, Claudia R., Baldwin, Carole C., Weigt, Lee A., McField, Melanie

“…Caribbean coral reef ecosystems are at the forefront of a global decline and are now facing a new threat: elimination of vulnerable species by the invasive…”
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New dates and new rates for divergence across the Isthmus of Panama by Knowlton, Nancy, Weigt, Lee A.

“…Sister species separated by the Isthmus of Panama have been widely used to estimate rates of molecular evolution. These estimates are based on the assumption…”
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Gutsy genetics: identification of digested piscine prey items in the stomach contents of sympatric native and introduced warmwater catfishes via DNA barcoding by Aguilar, Robert, Ogburn, Matthew B., Driskell, Amy C., Weigt, Lee A., Groves, Mary C., Hines, Anson H.

“…A major focus of ecology is understanding trophic relationships and energy flows in natural systems, associated food web dynamics and changes in food webs due…”
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Biodiversity of Philippine marine fishes: A DNA barcode reference library based on voucher specimens by Bemis, Katherine E., Girard, Matthew G., Santos, Mudjekeewis D., Carpenter, Kent E., Deeds, Jonathan R., Pitassy, Diane E., Flores, Nicko Amor L., Hunter, Elizabeth S., Driskell, Amy C., Macdonald, Kenneth S., Weigt, Lee A., Williams, Jeffrey T.

“…Accurate identification of fishes is essential for understanding their biology and to ensure food safety for consumers. DNA barcoding is an important tool…”
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Using standardized fish‐specific autonomous reef monitoring structures (FARMS) to quantify cryptobenthic fish communities by Brandl, Simon J., Weigt, Lee A., Pitassy, Diane E., Coker, Darren J., Patrick, Christopher J., Luchese, Matheus H., Berumen, Michael L., Buskey, Edward J., Casey, Jordan M., Di Domenico, Maikon, Soeth, Marcelo, Topor, Zachary M., Duffy, J. Emmett, Baldwin, Carole C., Hagedorn, Mary, Parenti, Lynne R.

“…Biodiversity inventories and monitoring techniques for marine fishes often overlook small (<5 cm), bottom‐associated (‘cryptobenthic’) fishes, and few…”
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Using DNA Barcodes to Identify Bird Species Involved in Birdstrikes by Dove, Carla J, Rotzel, Nancy C, Heacker, Marcy, Weigt, Lee A

“…We determined effectiveness of using mitochondrial DNA barcodes (cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 [CO1]) to identify bird–aircraft collision (birdstrike) cases…”
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CONGEN-2010: A Semester in a Fortnight by Weigt, Lee A.

“…Weigt features the AGA-sponsored 2010 workshop on "Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics," which was held 7-20 February, 2010, at the impressive White Oak…”
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Complete genomic sequence of bacteriophage felix o1 by Whichard, Jean M, Weigt, Lee A, Borris, Douglas J, Li, Ling Ling, Zhang, Qing, Kapur, Vivek, Pierson, F William, Lingohr, Erika J, She, Yi-Min, Kropinski, Andrew M, Sriranganathan, Nammalwar

“…Bacteriophage O1 is a Myoviridae A1 group member used historically for identifying Salmonella. Sequencing revealed a single, linear, 86,155-base-pair genome…”
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Divergence in Proteins, Mitochondrial DNA, and Reproductive Compatibility Across the Isthmus of Panama by Knowlton, Nancy, Weight, Lee A., Solórzano, Luis Aníbal, Mills, DeEtta K., Bermingham, Eldredge

“…It is widely believed that gene flow connected many shallow water populations of the Caribbean and eastern Pacific until the Panama seaway closed 3.0 to 3.5…”
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Immunohistochemical identification of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in phacoclastic uveitis in four rabbits by Giordano, C, Weigt, A, Vercelli, A, Rondena, M, Grilli, G, Giudice, C

“…Purpose  Encephalitozoon cuniculi is a microsporidium with a wide range of mammalian hosts. In rabbits it can be responsible for cataract and lens‐induced…”
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Gene flow, dispersal, and nested clade analysis among populations of the stonefly Peltoperla tarteri in the southern Appalachians by Schultheis, A. S., Weigt, L. A., Hendricks, A. C.

“…We examined the genetic structure and phylogeography of populations of the stonefly Peltoperla tarteri in the Southern Appalachians to determine the extent and…”
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Biogeography of the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus: a molecular perspective by WEIGT, LEE A, CRAWFORD, ANDREW J, RAND, A. STANLEY, RYAN, MICHAEL J

“…Physalaemus pustulosus, a small leptodactylid frog with South American affinities, ranges across northern South America through Middle America to southern…”
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Arrangement and structural conservation of the mitochondrial control region of two species of Plecoptera: utility of tandem repeat-containing regions in studies of population genetics and evolutionary history by Schultheis, A. S., Weigt, L. A., Hendricks, A. C.

“…Low levels of primary sequence similarity across insect taxa have led to the suggestion of conserved structural elements in the insect mitochondrial control…”
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A Single-Laboratory Validated Method for the Generation of DNA Barcodes for the Identification of Fish for Regulatory Compliance by HANDY, Sara M, DEEDS, Jonathan R, IVANOVA, Natalia V, HEBERT, Paul D. N, HANNER, Robert H, ORMOS, Andrea, WEIGT, Lee A, MOORE, Michelle M, YANCY, Haile F

“…The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responsible for ensuring that the nation's food supply is safe and accurately labeled. This task is particularly…”
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Sibling Species in Montastraea annularis, Coral Bleaching, and the Coral Climate Record by Knowlton, Nancy, Weil, Ernesto, Weigt, Lee A., Guzmán, Héctor M.

“…Measures of growth and skeletal isotopic ratios in the Caribbean coral Montastraea annularis are fundamental to many studies of paleoceanography, environmental…”
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Color Pattern Evolution, Assortative Mating, and Genetic Differentiation in Brightly Colored Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) by McMillan, W. Owen, Weigt, Lee A., Palumbi, Stephen R.

“…In butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae), color pattern evolves rapidly and is often the only morphological trait separating closely related species. Vivid…”
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Evidence for Three Major Clades within the Snapping Shrimp Genus Alpheus Inferred from Nuclear and Mitochondrial Gene Sequence Data by Williams, S.T, Knowlton, N, Weigt, L.A, Jara, J.A

“…The snapping shrimp genus Alpheus is among the most diverse of caridean shrimps, and analyses of taxa separated by the Isthmus of Panama have been used to…”
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Comprehensive DNA barcode coverage of North American birds by KERR, KEVIN C.R, STOECKLE, MARK Y, DOVE, CARLA J, WEIGT, LEE A, FRANCIS, CHARLES M, HEBERT, PAUL D.N

“…DNA barcoding seeks to assemble a standardized reference library for DNA-based identification of eukaryotic species. The utility and limitations of this…”
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