| permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 february 2013-31 march 2013. | this article documents the addition of 142 microsatellite marker loci to the molecular ecology resources database. loci were developed for the following species: agriophyllum squarrosum, amazilia cyanocephala, batillaria attramentaria, fungal strain ctey1 (ascomycota), gadopsis marmoratus, juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata, liriomyza sativae, lupinus polyphyllus, metschnikowia reukaufii, puccinia striiformis and xylocopa grisescens. these loci were cross-tested on the following species: amazi ... | 2013 | 23693143 |
| dna hybridization evidence for the principal lineages of hummingbirds (aves:trochilidae). | the spectacular evolutionary radiation of hummingbirds (trochilidae) has served as a model system for many biological studies. to begin to provide a historical context for these investigations, we generated a complete matrix of dna hybridization distances among 26 hummingbirds and an outgroup swift (chaetura pelagica) to determine the principal hummingbird lineages. fitch topologies estimated from symmetrized delta tmh-c values and subjected to various validation methods (bootstrapping, weighted ... | 1997 | 9066799 |
| eye morphology and retinal topography in hummingbirds (trochilidae: aves). | hummingbirds are a group of small, highly specialized birds that display a range of adaptations to their nectarivorous lifestyle. vision plays a key role in hummingbird feeding and hovering behaviours, yet very little is known about the visual systems of these birds. in this study, we measured eye morphology in 5 hummingbird species. for 2 of these species, we used stereology and retinal whole mounts to study the topographic distribution of neurons in the ganglion cell layer. eye morphology (exp ... | 2015 | 26587582 |