A genomic hotspot of diversifying selection and structural change in the hoary bat ().

Background: Previous work found that numerous genes positively selected within the hoary bat () lineage are physically clustered in regions of conserved synteny. Here I further validate and expand on those finding utilizing an updated genome assembly and additional bat species as well as other tetrapod outgroups.

Methods: A chromosome-level assembly was generated by chromatin-contact mapping and made available by DNAZoo (www.

Comparing modern identification methods for wild bees: Metabarcoding and image-based morphological taxonomic assignment.

With the decline of bee populations worldwide, studies determining current wild bee distributions and diversity are increasingly important. Wild bee identification is often completed by experienced taxonomists or by genetic analysis. The current study was designed to compare two methods of identification including: (1) morphological identification by experienced taxonomists using images of field-collected wild bees and (2) genetic analysis of composite bee legs (multiple taxa) using metabarcoding.

The potential influence of genome-wide adaptive divergence on conservation translocation outcome in an isolated greater sage-grouse population.

Conservation translocations are an important conservation tool commonly employed to augment declining or reestablish extirpated populations. One goal of augmentation is to increase genetic diversity and reduce the risk of inbreeding depression (i.e.

Detected in Grand Teton National Park Hot Springs.

The free-living thermophilic amoeba () causes the highly fatal disease primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. The environmental conditions that are favorable to the growth and proliferation of are not well-defined, especially in northern regions of the United States. In this study, we used culture-based methods and multiple molecular approaches to detect and analyze and other spp.

Data mining reveals tissue-specific expression and host lineage-associated forms of Apis mellifera filamentous virus.

Background: Apis mellifera filamentous virus (AmFV) is a large double-stranded DNA virus of uncertain phylogenetic position that infects honey bees (). Little is known about AmFV evolution or molecular aspects of infection. Accurate annotation of open-reading frames (ORFs) is challenged by weak homology to other known viruses.