Minute intestinal flukes, Haplorchis taichui and H. pumilio, belong to the family Heterophyidae (Trematoda: Platyhelminthes), which have been studied very limited, especially molecular markers of mitochondrial genomes (mtDNA) ribosome transcription units (rTU or rDNA). We obtained complete genome coding part unit pumilio Vietnam. Nucleotide amino acid data were compared between Metagonimus yoko...

Bromus tectorum L. is an invasive winter annual grass naturalized across the United States. Numerous studies have investigated B. tectorum population structure and genetics in the context of B. tectorum as an ecological invader of natural areas and rangeland. Despite the wealth of information regarding B. tectorum, previous studies have not focused on, or made comparisons to, B. tectorum as it ...

The expression of spore-specific marker transcripts at different stages of the asexual life cycle of Saprolegnia parasitica was analyzed. One of the markers, designated puf1, was found to be expressed transiently upon each of several cycles of zoospore encystment and reemergence. The transcript is induced immediately upon zoospore encystment and is rapidly lost when a cyst is triggered to germi...

Population divergence in sexual signals may lead to speciation through prezygotic isolation. Sexual signals can change solely due to variation in the level of natural selection acting against conspicuousness. However, directional mate choice (i.e., favoring conspicuousness) across different environments may lead to gene flow between populations, thereby delaying or even preventing the evolution...