Transcriptome sequencing of an ecologically important graminivorous sawfly: a resource for marker development

• Published in: Conservation genetics resources Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 789 - 795
• Main Authors: Cook, N., Aziz, N., Hedley, P. E., Morris, J., Milne, L., Karley, A. J., Hubbard, S. F., Russell, J. R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2011; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: agricultural land; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; birds; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; extinction; Food sources; foods; Gene expression; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Genetic factors; Genetic markers; genetic variation; Hymenoptera; Invertebrates; larvae; Life Sciences; microsatellite repeats; Microsatellites; monitoring; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Population studies; risk; sawflies; Technical Review; transcriptome; Microsatellite; Sawfly; Next-generation sequencing; Hymenoptera; 454 Pyrosequencing

Sawfly larvae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) are an important, highly nutritious, invertebrate food source for farmland birds. Reduced numbers of farmland invertebrates are a possible factor contributing to the observed declines in many farmland bird populations associated with post-1950s intensification o...