Molecular ecology

Article
07 December 2022 | Open Access

A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA

Analysis of two-million-year-old ancient environmental DNA from the Kap København Formation in North Greenland shows there was an open boreal forest with diverse plant and animal species, of which several taxa have not previously been detected at the site, representing an ecosystem that has no present-day analogue.

Kurt H. Kjær
, Mikkel Winther Pedersen
& Eske Willerslev

Matters Arising
30 November 2022 | Open Access

Reply to: When did mammoths go extinct?

Yucheng Wang
, Ana Prohaska
& Eske Willerslev

Letter
13 April 2017 | Open Access

The crown-of-thorns starfish genome as a guide for biocontrol of this coral reef pest

Genome sequencing and proteomic analyses of the crown-of-thorns starfish identify species-specific secreted factors that are associated with aggregating starfish and might be useful for biocontrol strategies.

Michael R. Hall
, Kevin M. Kocot
& Bernard M. Degnan

Letter | 19 February 2014

Disease associations between honeybees and bumblebees as a threat to wild pollinators

Laboratory infection experiments and field data show that emerging infectious diseases of honeybees are widespread infectious agents within the pollinator assemblage; the prevalence of deformed wing virus (DWV) and the parasite Nosema ceranae in honeybees and bumblebees is linked, and sympatric bumblebees and honeybees are infected by the same DWV strains, indicating ongoing disease transmission.