Limitations of Climatic Data for Inferring Species Boundaries: Insights from Speckled Rattlesnakes
June 2015
Authors:
Jesse M. Meik, Jeffrey W. Streicher, A. Michelle Lawing, Oscar Flores-Villela, and Matthew K. Fujita
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In this paper, scientists in Texas and Mexico challenge conventional climate-based species boundaries in the speckled rattlesnake, using genomic and other data to support their recommendation that three current subspecies should be recognized as independent species. They used ddRAD-seq with BluePippin size selection to provide genotyping data for the snakes.
Citation:
PLoS ONE 10(6): e0131435.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131435
Fecal virome analysis of three carnivores reveals a novel nodavirus and multiple gemycircularviruses
May 2015
Authors:
Nádia Conceição-Neto, Mark Zeller, Elisabeth Heylen, Hanne Lefrère, João Rodrigo Mesquita and Jelle Matthijnssens
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This publication in Virology Journal describes metagenomics analyses of fecal samples from badger, mongoose, and otter to better understand viral populations in healthy carnivores. Scientists used BluePippin for library size selection and sequenced with an Illumina HiSeq.
Citation:
Virology Journal 2015, 12:79
doi:10.1186/s12985-015-0305-5
Optimization and cost-saving in tagmentation-based mate-pair library preparation and sequencing
May 2015
Authors:
Kaori Tatsumi, Osamu Nishimura, Kazu Itomi, Chiharu Tanegashima, and Shigehiro Kuraku
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Scientists from RIKEN modified the recommended protocol for the Nextera Mate Pair Sample Prep Kit from Illumina to improve library yield and quality while minimizing cost. Changes included optimizing tagmentation conditions, intensive shearing of DNA, and more. The team also switched the order of size selection, using BluePippin before the strand displacement reaction, which saves money by reducing reagent volumes.
Citation:
BioTechniques 58:253-257 (May 2015)
doi 10.2144/000114288
Sequence data for Clostridium autoethanogenum using three generations of sequencing technologies
April 2015
Authors:
Sagar M Utturkar, Dawn M Klingeman, José M Bruno-Barcena, Mari S Chinn, Amy M Grunden, Michael Köpke & Steven D Brown
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Researchers from the University of Tennessee, North Carolina State University, and other organizations present data from four different sequencing platforms to elucidate the microbe and to provide a community resource for platform comparisons. PacBio libraries were size-selected with BluePippin.
Citation:
Scientific Data
doi:10.1038/sdata.2015.14
Double-digest RAD sequencing using Ion Proton semiconductor platform (ddRADseq-ion) with nonmodel organisms
April 2015
Authors:
Hans Recknagel, Arne Jacobs, Pawel Herzyk, Kathryn R Elmer
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In this Molecular Ecology Resources paper, researchers from the University of Glasgow describe a protocol and adapters they developed for double-digest RAD sequencing on the Ion Torrent platform. They found that ddRADseq-ion’s strongest applications are pilot assessments and quick data return. They used Sage Pippin Prep to perform individual size selection from multiplexed libraries.
Citation:
doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12406