Genotype Data for Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) from Bois Blanc Island, Michigan at 15 Microsatellite DNA Loci

We investigated fine-scale genetic patterns of the federally threatened Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus) on a relatively undisturbed island in northern Michigan, USA. This species often persists in habitat islands throughout much of its distribution due to extensive habitat loss and distance-limited dispersal. These data are from 102 individual Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes sampled at Bois Blanc Island, Michigan and genotyped at 15 microsatellite loci. Samples were collected as part of a study to examine functional connectivity for the Eastern Massasauga. We found that the entire island population exhibited weak genetic structuring with spatially segregated variation in effective migration...

Categories: Data; Tags: Bois Blanc island, Ecology, Lake Huron, Land Use Change, Michigan, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biological population management, biota, endangered species, environment, evolution, genetic diversity, genetics, genotype, loci, microsatellite, Fewer tags

'Viva' native plant material data in support of restoration and conservation

These data were compiled to investigate the evolutionary history of Hilaria jamesii, Hilaria mutica, and Hilaria rigida. The data release consists of two tab delimited text files that may be used to infer population structure (viva_structure.stru) or relationships among sampling localities (viva.phylip). Files record genetic variation on an individual (.stru) or sampling locality (.phylip) level. These files may be opened and edited in a text editor program, such as Notepad ++ (PC) or BBEdit (Mac). The .phylip file can be uploaded to phyML or SVDQuartets to generate a tree-based visualization of relationships ( http://www.atgc-montpellier.fr/phyml/ or https://paup.phylosolutions.com, repectively). The .stru file...

Tags: Arizona, Botany, California, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, All tags... Ecology, Genetics, Geography, Great Basin, Hilaria jamesii, Hilaria mutica, Hilaria rigida, Information Sciences, Intermountain West, Kansas, Mojave Desert, Nevada, New Mexico, North America, Poaceae, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Wyoming, adaptation, biogeography, biota, demographics, demography, ecosystem management, ecosystem management, ecosystem restoration, evolution, genetic diversity, genetics, hybridization, indigenous plants, native plant materials development, native species, phylogeny, phylogeography, population genetics, population structure, remediation, restoration, seed transfer guidelines, seeds, western United States, Fewer tags

Larus Gull Microsatellite DNA Data, 2006-2009

This data set describes nuclear microsatellite genotypes derived from eleven autosomal loci (Lar24, Lar12, Lar26, Lar19, Rbg13, K16, Rbg18, Hg18, Hg16, Hg25, Rbg29). A total of 651 Larus gulls were examined for this study with samples collected throughout North America, Europe, Russia, and South America.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Alleles, Animals/Vertebrates, Biodiversity, Biota, All tags... Birds, Coastal ecosystems, DNA, DNA sequencing, Environment, Europe, Evolution, Gene Flow, Genetic Markers, Genetic diversity, Genetic variance, Genetics, Genotype, Microsatellite Repeats, Polymerase chain reaction, Population Genetics, Russia, South America, Systematics and taxonomy, USGS:ASC51, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Maximizing evolutionary potential under climate change in southern California protected areas.

The project objective is to transfer to California a previously developed prioritization framework that combines intraspecific genetic and morphological variation with traditionally used indices of biodiversity, and test its general utility for conservation prioritization. This project will integrate existing data on intraspecific variation of multiple species in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area with climate data and space-borne measurements of the environment to identify areas with high intraspecific variation.

Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2012, Applications and Tools, CA, CA-Southern, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Decision support, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Multiple, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Santa Monica Mountains, Science Project, Southern California, adaptation, biodiversity, birds, completed, conservation, environment, evolution, genetic, map, reptiles, spatially explicit model, Fewer tags

DNA sequences used to analyze evolutionary rates of genes in bats

The dataset consists of sets of orthologous gene sequences obtained from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) and from Cornman and Cryan (2022). Sequences derive from twelve bat species that are representative of bat diversity and for which high-quality gene models have been annotated. Each gene set was codon aligned and subsequently trimmed as needed for evolutionary analysis.

Tags: Ecology, Genetics, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, bats, All tags... biota, evolution, genetics, Fewer tags