Sensitive measure of prevalence and parasitaemia of haemosporidia from European blackbird (Turdus merula) populations: value of PCR-RFLP and quantitative PCR.

Population structure of the Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) in California: are northern and southern populations genetically distinct?

Campylobacter jejuni sequence types show remarkable spatial and temporal stability in Blackbirds

BACKGROUND The zoonotic bacterium Campylobacter jejuni has a broad host range but is especially associated with birds, both domestic and wild. Earlier studies have indicated thrushes of the genus Turdus in Europe to be frequently colonized with C. jejuni, and predominately with host-associated specific genotypes. The European Blackbird Turdus merula has a large distribution in Europe, including...

Study of mtDNA vatriation of Russian sturgeon population from the south Caspian Sea using RFLP analysis of PCR amplified ND5/6 gene regions

PCR-based mtDNA analysis (RFLP) was used for the study of population differentiation in the Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedti). The mtDNA ND5/6 gene regions were amplified using PCR techniques followed by RFLP analysis. 39 different composite haplotypes were detected among 62 specimens. 29 haplotypes were rare occuring only once in two regions (west and east areas of the Southern Caspi...

Study of mtDNA vatriation of Russian sturgeon population from the south Caspian Sea using RFLP analysis of PCR amplified ND5/6 gene regions

PCR-based mtDNA analysis (RFLP) was used for the study of population differentiation in the Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedti). The mtDNA ND5/6 gene regions were amplified using PCR techniques followed by RFLP analysis. 39 different composite haplotypes were detected among 62 specimens. 29 haplotypes were rare occuring only once in two regions (west and east areas of the Southern Caspi...

Genetic variation in the narrow-clawed crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus) populations as assessed by PCR-RFLP of mitochondrial COI gene

The genetic variation and population structure of narrow-clawed crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus) was examined by means of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) of mitochondrial DNA. A total of 194 adult specimens were collected from seven sample sites including, two in the south Caspian Sea and one each...