scholarly journals An environmental DNA sampling method for aye-ayes from their feeding traces

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (18) ◽  
pp. 9229-9240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan L. Aylward ◽  
Alexis P. Sullivan ◽  
George H. Perry ◽  
Steig E. Johnson ◽  
Edward E. Louis
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Mackay ◽  
Rebecca E Hewett ◽  
Noa T Smith ◽  
Tammy L Waters ◽  
John S Scandrett

Clinical signs of American Foulbrood can be difficult to diagnose and thus disease is missed and leads to further spread. Diagnosis is centred on the beekeeper's skill in recognising clinical symptoms – a highly subjective and time-consuming activity. Previous testing methods have relied on sampling that necessitates dismantling the hive and/or requires multiple visits to retrieve passive samples. The Foster method is a new environmental DNA sampling method using entrance swabs together with a dual-target qPCR for AFB. The quantification data generated can be used to detect hives with clinically relevant infections, even when no visual symptoms are apparent. Such a method will be applicable to other bee pathogens and incursion pests.


2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine A. Richey ◽  
Kirsten V. Kenelty ◽  
Kristina Van Stone Hopkins ◽  
Brittany N. Stevens ◽  
Beatriz Martínez-López ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1073-1085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony T. Robinson ◽  
Yvette M. Paroz ◽  
Matthew J. Clement ◽  
Thomas W. Franklin ◽  
Joseph C. Dysthe ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 633-644
Author(s):  
Gergely Balázs ◽  
Judit Vörös ◽  
Brian Lewarne ◽  
Gábor Herczeg

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Ringler

Abstract Skin swabbing, a minimally invasive DNA sampling method recently proposed for adult amphibians, was tested on the dendrobatid frog Allobates femoralis. I compared DNA yield from skin swabs and toe clips by evaluating obtained DNA concentrations and purity of extracts, as well as amplification success using eleven polymorphic microsatellite loci. I also tested whether storing skin swabs for two months at −20°C affected the properties of the extract or microsatellite analysis. Results show that skin swabs of adult A. femoralis suffered from high contamination and yielded significantly lower DNA quality and quantity, resulting in insufficient genotyping success, than DNA obtained from toe clips. The relatively dry skin in dendrobatid frogs may have impeded the collection of sufficient viable cells, and the presence of skin alkaloids and microbiota in the frog mucus may lead to high contamination load of skin swabs.


2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 644-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy M. Ulibarri ◽  
Scott A. Bonar ◽  
Chris Rees ◽  
Jon Amberg ◽  
Bridget Ladell ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1049-1059 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Lugg ◽  
Josh Griffiths ◽  
Anthony R. Rooyen ◽  
Andrew R. Weeks ◽  
Reid Tingley

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 1291-1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam S. Smart ◽  
Andrew R. Weeks ◽  
Anthony R. Rooyen ◽  
Alana Moore ◽  
Michael A. McCarthy ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean A. Williams ◽  
Cory Leach ◽  
Amanda M. Hale ◽  
Kristopher B. Karsten ◽  
Emmanuela Mujica ◽  
...  

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