scholarly journals Seismic communication between the burrows of kangaroo rats, Dipodomys spectabilis

1997 ◽  
Vol 181 (5) ◽  
pp. 525-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Randall ◽  
E. R. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Kangaroo Rats ◽  
Dipodomys Spectabilis

Microsatellite analyses across three diverse vertebrate transcriptomes (Acipenser fulvescens, Ambystoma tigrinum, and Dipodomys spectabilis)

Genome ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (7) ◽  
pp. 407-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline M. Doyle ◽  
Gregor Siegmund ◽  
Joseph D. Ruhl ◽  
Soo Hyung Eo ◽  
Matthew C. Hale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lake Sturgeon ◽  
Untranslated Regions ◽  
Ambystoma Tigrinum ◽  
Acipenser Fulvescens ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Noncoding Dna ◽  
Kangaroo Rats ◽  
Tiger Salamanders ◽  
Dipodomys Spectabilis ◽  
In Silico Polymorphism

Historically, many population genetics studies have utilized microsatellite markers sampled at random from the genome and presumed to be selectively neutral. Recent studies, however, have shown that microsatellites can occur in transcribed regions, where they are more likely to be under selection. In this study, we mined microsatellites from transcriptomes generated by 454-pyrosequencing for three vertebrate species: lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum), and kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis). We evaluated (i) the occurrence of microsatellites across species; (ii) whether particular gene ontology terms were over-represented in genes that contained microsatellites; (iii) whether repeat motifs were located in untranslated regions or coding sequences of genes; and (iv) in silico polymorphism. Microsatellites were less common in tiger salamanders than in either lake sturgeon or kangaroo rats. Across libraries, trinucleotides were found more frequently than any other motif type, presumably because they do not cause frameshift mutations. By evaluating variation across reads assembled to a given contig, we were able to identify repeat motifs likely to be polymorphic. Our study represents one of the first comparative data sets on the distribution of vertebrate microsatellites within expressed genes. Our results reinforce the idea that microsatellites do not always occur in noncoding DNA, but commonly occur in expressed genes.

Heritability of dispersal in banner-tailed kangaroo rats, Dipodomys spectabilis

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 987-991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Waser ◽  
W. Thomas Jones
Keyword(s):  
Kangaroo Rats ◽  
Dipodomys Spectabilis

scholarly journals Kangaroo Rats: Intraspecific Variation in Dipodomys spectabilis Merriam and Dipodomys deserti Stephens

1979 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry R. Choate ◽  
Michael P. Moulton ◽  
Iyad A. Nader
Keyword(s):  
Intraspecific Variation ◽  
Kangaroo Rats ◽  
Dipodomys Spectabilis

Survivorship in Philopatric and Dispersing Kangaroo Rats (Dipodomys Spectabilis)

Ecology ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 202-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Thomas Jones
Keyword(s):  
Kangaroo Rats ◽  
Dipodomys Spectabilis

Characterization of microsatellite loci in bannertailed and giant kangaroo rats, Dipodomys spectabilis and Dipodomys ingens

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 642-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Davis ◽  
B. Keane ◽  
B. Swanson ◽  
S. Loew ◽  
P. M. Waser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microsatellite Loci ◽  
Kangaroo Rats ◽  
Dipodomys Spectabilis ◽  
Dipodomys Ingens
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