Understanding competition between scelionid parasitoids that exploit the same host may provide insight into strategies that allow co-existence on a shared resource. Competition studies typically focus on interactions between native and exotic parasitoids that do not share an evolutionary history; however, co-evolved parasitoids may be more likely to demonstrate strategies to avoid or exploit a shared resource. We examined intrinsic and extrinsic competition between Asian Trissolcus japonicus Ashmead and T. cultratus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) associated...

Additional file 2. Conserved lncRNAs ratios for each species.

Additional file 4 Significant enrichment functions (n = 39) of conserved lncRNA set (n = 196).

This dataset includes 1) concatenated alignment of 135 core gene sequences and 2) phylogenomic tree of the 38 currently described Campylobacter spp., including Campylobacter novaezeelandiae and four additional novel Campylobacter species isolated from agricultural water in Canada. The original alignment of 120 kb was produced by Roary v.3.13.0. Gblocks v.0.91b was used to remove ambiguous alignments and phylogenetically uninformative positions. The final alignment (110 kb) was used as input to RAxML-NG v.0.9.0 to infer a...

Additional file 2. Conserved lncRNAs ratios for each species.

Feathers can be used to investigate exposure to pollution in birds because they are a secondary route for the excretion of trace elements. Evidence based on analytical imaging and spectroscopy suggests that the spatial distribution of the essential trace element zinc within feathers is related to melanin pigmentation. However, our understanding of how trace elements are deposited into growing feathers is poor and has been hampered by a lack of analytical tools to examine the...

Basidiomycete yeasts have recently been reported as stably associated secondary fungal symbionts (SFSs) of many lichens, but their role in the symbiosis remains unknown. Attempts to sequence their genomes have been hampered both by the inability to culture them and their low abundance in the lichen thallus alongside two dominant eukaryotes (an ascomycete fungus and chlorophyte alga). Using the lichen Alectoria sarmentosa, we selectively dissolved the cortex layer in which SFSs are embedded to enrich...

Additional file 1. Genomic sequences and their corresponding annotations of 25 flowering plants.

Additional file 6. The collected transcriptome analysis data.

Additional file 4 Significant enrichment functions (n = 39) of conserved lncRNA set (n = 196).

The emerging COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection poses severe challenges to global public health. Serum antibody testing is becoming one of the critical methods for the diagnosis of COVID-19 patients. We investigated IgM and IgG responses against SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) and spike (S) protein after symptom onset in the intensive care unit (ICU) and non-ICU patients. 130 blood samples from 38 COVID-19 patients were collected. The levels of IgM and IgG specific to N and...

Additional file 5. Download path of FASTA sequences for the lncRNAs from 25 plants.

Additional file 5. Download path of FASTA sequences for the lncRNAs from 25 plants.

The superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha) is a diverse group of parasitoid wasps that attack nine orders of insects as well as spiders. They appear to show a clear pattern of host group specificity among genera. A robust phylogeny is essential to understanding the monophyly of and relationships among lower level groups and the pattern of the shifts among host groups. We conducted phylogenetic analyses of Platygastroidea based on four molecular markers (18S, 28S, COI, and...

Reconstructing a robust phylogenetic framework is key to understanding the ecology and evolution of many economically important taxa. The crambid moth genus Ostrinia contains multiple agricultural pests, and its classification and phylogeny has remained controversial due to the paucity of characters and the lack of clear morphological boundaries for its species. To address these issues, we inferred a molecular phylogeny of Ostrinia using a phylogenomic dataset containing 498 loci and 115,197 nucleotide sites and examined...

Additional file 1. Genomic sequences and their corresponding annotations of 25 flowering plants.

Additional file 3. GO annotations of 196 conserved lncRNAs.

Additional file 6. The collected transcriptome analysis data.

High winter mortality is the most important factor limiting biomass yield of lowland switchgrass planted in the northern latitudes of North America. Due to the perennial growth habit and strong dependence on weather conditions to generate sufficient selection pressure to identify winter-hardy individuals, breeding of cold tolerant switchgrass cultivars requires many years. Identification of causal genetic variants for winter survivorship would accelerate the improvement of switchgrass biomass production. The objective of this study was to...

Additional file 3. GO annotations of 196 conserved lncRNAs.