In plants, Spatial Genetic Structure (SGS) is shaped by gene dispersal and effective population density and is further modulated by life-history traits such as clonality and dioecy. However, the combined effects of these factors on SGS remain unclear...
Resprouting species, such as English holly (Ilex aquifolium L.), can be severely affected by long-lasting forest management. In the present study, the clonal and fine-scale spatial genetic structure (FSGS) of English holly are evaluated in a sub-Medi...
Tumors are composed of cellular populations with distinct genotypes and phenotypes, which dynamically evolve over time and during treatment. This process is known as clonal evolution, and it is difficult to reveal fine-scale clonal structure with tra...
By performing a high-resolution spatial-genetic analysis of a partially clonal Salvia brachyodon population, we elucidated its clonal architecture and seedling recruitment strategy. The sampling of the entire population was based on a 1 × 1 m g...
Escherichia coli is the main pathogen responsible for extraintestinal infections. A total of 196 clinical E. coli consecutively isolated during 2016 in Spain (100 from Lucus Augusti hospital in Lugo) and France (96 from Beaujon hospital in Clichy) we...
Tilia cordata Mill. is a long-lived, ecologically important broadleaved tree species that maintains high genetic diversity despite habitat fragmentation and historical range shifts. In this study, we assessed genetic diversity, clonal structure, and...
Diplodia sapinea is a cosmopolitan endophyte and opportunistic pathogen having occurred on several conifer species in Europe for at least 200 years. In Europe, disease outbreaks have increased on several Pinus spp. in the last few decades. In this st...
Myriophyllum spicatum is a globally distributed aquatic plant capable of sexual and clonal reproduction. Despite its ecological importance and biochemical potential, studies on its genetic and clonal structure in freshwater systems throughout South K...
Intraspecific phenotypic diversity in clonally propagated crops is frequently constrained by narrow domestication histories and the widespread use of a limited number of elite cultivars. In Stevia rebaudiana, commercial production has largely centred...
Habitat variation in non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) reflects the resource allocation trade-offs for clonal plants, and its driving force analysis embodies the ecological adaptation strategy of clonal plants to heterogeneous environments. In this...
In the Americas’ leading cocoa-producing countries, more productive clonal cultivars than traditional biclonal hybrids have been created. In Brazil, several disease-resistant and self-compatible clones such as PS 1319, FA 13, and SJ 02 have bee...
The bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi L.) is a major pest of cereal crops, characterized by significant variability in reproductive strategies and population-genetic structure. However, the nuclear-genetic and clonal structure of R. padi popu...
The gut-associated lymphoid tissue represents an integral part of the immune system. Among the powerful players of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue are isolated lymphoid structures (ILSs), which as information centers, drive the local (and syste...
Optical genome mapping (OGM) recently has demonstrated the potential to improve genetic diagnostics in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In this study, OGM was utilized as a tool for the detection of genome-wide structural variants and disease monitoring...
Adaptive immunity in vertebrates is a complex self-organizing network of molecular interactions. While deep sequencing of the immune-receptor repertoire may reveal clonal relationships, functional interpretation of such data is hampered by the inhere...
Holothuria leucospilota and Stichopus chloronotus are among the most widespread tropical sea cucumber species usually harvested for food and medicine in Asian countries, for which natural stocks have collapsed worldwide. Both species can reproduce se...
Hymenocallis henryae is a rare, charismatic spider lily endemic to the Florida panhandle. Currently under review to determine if listing under the Endangered Species Act is warranted, this species has undescribed genetic diversity, information crucia...
Knowledge of the biology of the genus Vitis has undergone a profound transformation, evolving from the morphological descriptions of classical ampelography to the high-resolution analyses enabled by modern phylogenomics. This review explores the &ldq...
The population structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is panmictic-epidemic in nature, with the prevalence of some high-risk clones. These clones are often linked to virulence, antibiotic resistance, and more morbidity. The clonal success of these linea...
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Lyme disease (LD) is the most common tick-borne human disease in Europe, and Borrelia garinii, which is associated with avian reservoirs, is one of the most genetically diverse and widespread human pathogenic genospecies from the B. burgdorferi sensu...
Understanding the effect of water heterogeneity on the growth and water integration of clonal plants is important for scientific water management. In controlled field plots, we conducted a study by creating three different soil water treatments compr...
Lycium barbarum L. is a shrub native to China. It produces berries that are high in nutraceutical value. Its commercial appeal has led to the development of new plantations in Italy over recent decades. The majority of cultivated goji plants are deri...
Dioecious plants have different needs for natural resources due to sex differences, which can lead to skewed sex ratios. Clonal growth facilitates and optimizes resources of clonal plants. So, dioecious plants show inter-sex differences in clonality....
Strawberry plants and fruits are vulnerable to infections by a broad range of pathogens and pests. However, knowledge about the epidemiology of pathogens causing strawberry diseases is limited. In this study, we analyzed Fusarium commune, a major fun...
As it is the case for other pathogenic microorganisms, the respective impact of clonality and genetic exchange on Leishmania natural populations has been the object of lively debates since the early 1980s. The predominant clonal evolution (PCE) model...
Under a one health perspective and the worldwide antimicrobial resistance concern, we investigated extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC), uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), and multidrug resistant (MDR) E. coli from 197 isolates recovered fr...
Common reed is often used as a model plant to study the anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems at local and global scales. As a community-forming species, it is directly exposed to the impacts of human activities on the ecosystem. The aim of our study w...
Sargassum fusiforme is a commercially important macroalga in Eastern Asia. To support the conservation and restoration of S. fusiforme populations, we investigated its predominant reproductive mode using a population genetics approach. Two sampling s...
Natural selection favors the allocation of finite resources to different functions maximizing fitness. In this sense, some functions may decrease whereas others increase when resources are limited in a process called a trade-off. However, a great var...
Predicting how biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning requires a multifaceted approach based on the partitioning of diversity into its taxonomic and functional facets and thus redundancy. Here, we investigated how species richness (S), functional...
Genetic diversity and the extent of clonality in a plant species can significantly influence its reproductive success. Whilst clonality can be an effective life-history strategy, in harsh environments it can lead to low levels of diversity and sexual...
Intra-individual variation in floral traits is linked to plant fitness, playing a central role in sexual selection. This variation can arise from architectural constraints, such as flower position on the inflorescence axis, and from environmental fac...
Owing to clonal integration and morphological plasticity, clonal plants generally exhibit higher fitness in nutrient-heterogeneous environments. Indocalamus latifolius (Keng) McClure is a clonal plant with considerable economic value in China. Howeve...
The tree fern Culcita macrocarpa, a threatened Iberian–Macaronesian endemism, represents the sole European species of the order Cyatheales. Considered a Tertiary relict of European Palaeotropical flora, its evolutionary history and genetic dive...
Eosinophilia is a heterogeneous clinical finding ranging from benign reactive states to clonal hematologic disorders associated with significant morbidity. This narrative, practical clinical review provides a structured, mechanism-based approach to t...
Clonal plants generally possess greater growth adaptability under heterogeneous resource environments. Indocalamus latifolius (Keng) McClure has rarely been investigated regarding its clonal integration mechanisms and morphological plasticity under h...
The devastating SARS-CoV2 pandemic is worsening with relapsing surges, emerging mutants, and increasing mortalities. Despite enormous efforts, it is not clear how SARS-CoV2 adapts and evolves in a clonal background. Laboratory research is hindered by...
The present article describes the development of an improved Pinus taeda clonal seed orchard adapted to the edaphoclimatic conditions of Uruguay. Initially, 2068 hectares distributed in nine companies were prospected, and 124 plus trees were identifi...
Long-term clonality has profound consequences for genetic structure despite offering an alternative means of reproductive assurance under unfavorable conditions for sexual reproduction. Vanilla shenzhenica Z. J. Liu & S. C. Chen (Orchidaceae), th...
Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is responsible for a wide range of infections. The aim of this study was to investigate the clonal diversity of S. pneumoniae in thirteen Arab countries. Multi-Locus Sequence Typing (MLST) data were extracted...
The threatened mint Florida skullcap (Scutellaria floridana) is endemic to four counties in the Florida panhandle. Because development and habitat modification extirpated several historical occurrences, only 19 remain to date. To inform conservation...
Water is crucial to plant growth and development. Under heterogeneous environmental water deficiency, physiological integration of the rhizomatous clonal plant triggers a series of physiological cascades, which induces both signaling and physiologica...
Background: The global rise of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, particularly non-fermenting species and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, poses a significant challenge to hospital infection control. Methods: In this study, a tota...
Populus species have a high productivity potential as short-rotation woody crops, provided that site-suitable varieties are planted. The Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, and the Blue Ridge Mountains make up a significant part of the eastern and southeast...
Due to the recent increase in demand for agave-based beverages, many wild agave populations have experienced rapid decline and fragmentation, whereas cultivated plants are now managed at monocultural plantations, in some cases involving clonal propag...
Studies that characterize bovine respiratory disease (BRD)-associated Pasteurella multocida isolates are scarce compared with research on isolates from other hosts and clinical backgrounds. In the present study, 170 P. multocida isolates from 125 BRD...
Late blight disease of potato and tomato, caused by Phytophthora infestans, results in serious losses to Egyptian and global potato and tomato production. To understand the structure and dynamics of the Egyptian population of P. infestans, 205 isolat...
Derris trifoliata Lour. is an indigenous and associated liana species of mangroves in China; however, its rapid dispersal is threatening mangrove survival. To explore and evaluate their persistence in past disturbances and their potential resistance...
This study examined clonal variation in Vitis vinifera L. cv. ‘Merzifon Karası’, a Turkish wine grape. Thirty-two clones were evaluated for key growth and enological characteristics, including cluster structure, berry attributes, yie...
Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is an age-associated premalignant state defined by somatic mutations in hematopoietic cells at a variant allele frequency (VAF) ≥2% in the absence of overt hematologic malignancy. Among CHIP-a...
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