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Mayekar HV, Kodandaramaiah U. Effect of density on pupal colour plasticity in the butterfly
Mycalesis mineus
(Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). J Zool (1987) 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- H. V. Mayekar
- IISER‐TVM Centre for Research and Education in Ecology and Evolution (ICREEE) School of Biology Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram Kerala India
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- IISER‐TVM Centre for Research and Education in Ecology and Evolution (ICREEE) School of Biology Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram Kerala India
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López-Escardó D, Paps J, de Vargas C, Massana R, Ruiz-Trillo I, Del Campo J. Metabarcoding analysis on European coastal samples reveals new molecular metazoan diversity. Sci Rep 2018; 8:9106. [PMID: 29904074 PMCID: PMC6002407 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27509-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Although animals are among the best studied organisms, we still lack a full description of their diversity, especially for microscopic taxa. This is partly due to the time-consuming and costly nature of surveying animal diversity through morphological and molecular studies of individual taxa. A powerful alternative is the use of high-throughput environmental sequencing, providing molecular data from all organisms sampled. We here address the unknown diversity of animal phyla in marine environments using an extensive dataset designed to assess eukaryotic ribosomal diversity among European coastal locations. A multi-phylum assessment of marine animal diversity that includes water column and sediments, oxic and anoxic environments, and both DNA and RNA templates, revealed a high percentage of novel 18S rRNA sequences in most phyla, suggesting that marine environments have not yet been fully sampled at a molecular level. This novelty is especially high among Platyhelminthes, Acoelomorpha, and Nematoda, which are well studied from a morphological perspective and abundant in benthic environments. We also identified, based on molecular data, a potentially novel group of widespread tunicates. Moreover, we recovered a high number of reads for Ctenophora and Cnidaria in the smaller fractions suggesting their gametes might play a greater ecological role than previously suspected.
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- David López-Escardó
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), 08003, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK
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- CNRS, UMR 7144, Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
- UPMC Univ. Paris 06, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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- Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), 08003, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Departament de Genètica, Microbiología i Estadística, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), 08003, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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