The genetic structure of Squalius populations from Portuguese Atlantic- and Mediterranean-type streams (assigned to six distinct morphoclimatic regions) was compared using sequences of the cytb and beta-actin genes. The drainage area was significantly correlated to all the genetic diversity indices, pointing to the need to control for this effect in comparing populations with different historie...

Although overwhelming circumstantial evidence supports the existence of the universal common ancestor of all extant life on Earth, it is still an open question whether the universal common ancestor existed or not. Theobald (Nature 465, 219-222 (2010)) recently challenged this problem with a formal statistical test applied to aligned sequences of conservative proteins sampled from all domains of...

Ward's Red-backed Vole (Eothenomys wardi) is a rodent from the family Cricetidae. This endemic species occurs only in extreme northwestern Yunnan province, China in the Mekong and Salween river divide. It occupies steep cliffs at 2,800 to 4,250 m above sea level on the remote Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. The validity of E. wardi is controversial and no specimens exist apart from the nominal series....

The phylogenetic relationships among species of Triatoma matogrossensis subcomplex (T. baratai, T. guazu, T. matogrossensis, T. sordida, T. vandae, and T. williami) was addressed by using fragments of cytochrome oxidase I (COI), 16S rDNA (16S), and cytochrome b (Cytb) through Bayesian and parsimony analyses. We did not recover a monophyletic T. matogrossensis subcomplex, and their members were ...

Cercospora leaf spot (CLS), caused by the fungus Cercospora beticola (Sacc.), is the most destructive foliar pathogen of sugarbeet worldwide. Control measures include the use of resistant varieties and crop rotation, but timely fungicide applications are essential for CLS management. Resistance to sterol demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides (FRAC group 3) has been increasing in C. beticola ...

Sturgeons are fish species with a complex biology. They are also characterized by complex aspects including polyploidization and easiness of hybridization. As with most of the Ponto-Caspian sturgeons, the populations of Acipenser ruthenus from the Danube have declined drastically during the last decades. This is the first report on mitochondrial point heteroplasmy in the cytochrome b gene of th...

A male 16.9m fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) was stranded on 3 April 2019 at Chanduy southwestern Ecuador (2°23’29.4” S, 80°44’17.96” W). Its coloration pattern, including the white-colored right side of mouth and around 200 cream-colored baleens, are characteristics species. This is first confirmed record species in almost a century mainland Ecuador. skin sample taken for molecular studies. ...

The Rokel River (RR) basin is one of the most neglected ichthyofaunal basins, despite potential for undetected diversity and high levels endemism. Data on molecular phylogeny freshwater fish from this river are rare. Morphological features alone inadequate precise species identification. Here, a phylogenetic analysis performed based mtDNA Cytb gene eleven cyprinid RR recovered distinct lineages...

The sex-related spatial genetic structure of a free-living population of the common vole (Microtus arvalis) was assessed using sequence and haplotype frequency data of the complete mitochondrial cytb gene in three seasons. Six haplotypes were resolved, three of them (A, B and C) were shared among seasons and sexes. The remaining three singletons did not match any of the local females. Pairwise ...