Molecular ecology

The 1987 book Pheromone Biochemistry (Prestwich and Blomquist) summarized what was then known about the production and reception of insect pheromones. Remarkable advances in our understanding of pheromone production have occurred in the last one and a half decades, which is mirrored by similar advances in our understanding of pheromone reception. This progress is detailed herein by selected authors who are the leaders in the field. We have assembled contributed chapters from experts who are at the frontiers of pheromone chemistry, neurobiology, chemical ecology, molecular biology and biochemistry. 

The study exemplarily demonstrates how the combination of different data sets (ecological, molecular, morphological) can reveal a comprehensive view on the evolution of a given taxon. The radiation of the Marantaceae includes a variety of... 

DNA-based taxonomy of larval stages reveals huge unknown species diversity in Neotropical seed weevils (genus Conotrachelus) relevance to evolutionary ecology. Molecular Phylogmetics and Evolution, 56 281-293. 

Pace, N. R., 1996. New perspective on the natural microbial world Molecular microbial ecology. ASM News 62 463-470. 

The flocculation activity of polymers increases with increasing molecular weight. Linear macromolecules are better flocculents than branched ones with the same total molecular weight. In the future the largest growth of polymer applications is expected to be in waste and water treatment, because of ecological problems. 

Cannes, L.Z., Martinez del Rio, C., Koch, P. (1998). Natural abundance variations in stable isotopes and their potential uses in animal physiological ecology. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A Molecular Integrative Physiology, Vol. 119, No. 3, pp. 725-737. (http //dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1095-6433(98)01016-2)... 

C. Elmerich, Molecular biology and ecology of diazotrophs associated with non-leguminous plants, Bio/Technology 2 967 (1984). 

F. O Gara, D. N. Dowling, and B. Boesten, Molecular Ecology of Rhizosphere Microorganisms, VCH, Weinheim, 1994. 

F. Martin, M. A. Selos.se, C. Di Battista. H. Gherbi, C. Delaruclle, D. Vairelles, D. Bouchard, and F. Le Tacon, Molecular markers in ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Genet. Select. Evol. 30 5333-5355 (1998). 

J. A. W. Morgan, Molecular biology new tools for studying microbial ecology, Sci. Prog. 75 265 (1991). 

Spring, S. Schulze, R. Overmann, J. Schleifer, K. H. Identification and characterization of ecologically significant prokaryotes in the sediment of freshwater lakes Molecular and cultivation studies. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 2000, 24, 573-590. 

Oren, A. 2002. Molecular ecology of extremely halophilic archaea and bacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 39 1-7. 

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