Byron J. Adams

Transcriptomic analysis of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophoraTTO1 (2009)

Bai, Xiaodong, Adams, Byron J, Ciche, Todd A, Clifton, Sandra, Gaugler, Randy, Hogenhout, Saskia A, ...

Abstract Background The entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and its symbiotic bacterium, Photorhabdus luminescens , are important biological control agents of insect pests. This...

Transcriptomic analysis of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora TTO1 (2009)

Bai, Xiaodong, Adams, Byron J., Ciche, Todd A., Clifton, Sandra, Gaugler, Randy, Hogenhout, Saskia A., ...

Background: The entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and its symbiotic bacterium, Photorhabdus luminescens, are important biological control agents of insect pests. This...

Desiccation survival in an Antarctic nematode: molecular analysis using expressed sequenced tags (2009)

Adhikari, Bishwo N, Wall, Diana H, Adams, Byron J

Abstract Background Nematodes are the dominant soil animals in Antarctic Dry Valleys and are capable of surviving desiccation and freezing in an anhydrobiotic state. Genes induced by desiccation...

Comparative phylogeography of codistributed species of Chilean Liolaemus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from the central-southern Andean range (2008)

Adams, Byron J.

In this study, we used a recently developed supertrees method to test for shared phylogeographical signal in partially overlapping geographical ranges of lizards of the genus Liolaemus from the...

Decline in a dominant invertebrate species contributes to altered carbon cycling in a low-diversity soil ecosystem (2008)

Adams, Byron J.

Low-diversity ecosystems cover large portions of the Earth’s land surface, yet studies of climate change on ecosystem functioning typically focus on temperate ecosystems, where diversity is high...

Comparative phylogeography of codistributed species of Chilean Liolaemus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from the central-southern Andean range (2008)

Adams, Byron J.

In this study, we used a recently developed supertrees method to test for shared phylogeographical signal in partially overlapping geographical ranges of lizards of the genus Liolaemus from the...

Decline in a dominant invertebrate species contributes to altered carbon cycling in a low-diversity soil ecosystem (2008)

Adams, Byron J.

Low-diversity ecosystems cover large portions of the Earth’s land surface, yet studies of climate change on ecosystem functioning typically focus on temperate ecosystems, where diversity is high and...

Comparative phylogeography of codistributed species of Chilean Liolaemus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from the central-southern Andean range (2008)

Adams, Byron J.;

In this study, we used a recently developed supertrees method to test for shared phylogeographical signal in partially overlapping geographical ranges of lizards of the genus Liolaemus from the...

Decline in a dominant invertebrate species contributes to altered carbon cycling in a low-diversity soil ecosystem (2008)

Adams, Byron J.;

Low-diversity ecosystems cover large portions of the Earth’s land surface, yet studies of climate change on ecosystem functioning typically focus on temperate ecosystems, where diversity is high...

EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG ANALYSIS OF GENE REPRESENTATION IN INSECT PARASITIC NEMATODE HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA (2007)

Xiaodong Bai, Parwinder S. Grewal, Saskia A. Hogenhout, Byron J. Adams, Todd A. Ciche, Randy Gaugler, ...

We compared Heterorhabditis bacteriophora GPS11 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) to the ESTs of animal-parasitic, human-parasitic, plant-parasitic, and free-living nematodes. We identified 127...

Diversity and distribution of Victorian Land biota. (2006)

Adams, Byron J., Bardgett, Richard D., Ayres, Edward, Wall, Diana H., Aislabie, Jackie, Bamforth, Stuart, ...

Understanding the relationship between soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning is critical to predicting and monitoring the effects of ecosystem changes on important soil processes. However, most...

Co-variation in soil biodiversity and biogeochemistry in northern and southern Victoria Land, Antarctica (2006)

Adams, Byron J.

Data from six sites in Victoria Land (72–77degrees S) investigating co-variation in soil communities (microbial and invertebrate) with biogeochemical properties showthe influence of soil properties...

Co-variation in soil biodiversity and biogeochemistry in northern and southern Victoria Land, Antarctica (2006)

Adams, Byron J.

Data from six sites in Victoria Land (72–77degrees S) investigating co-variation in soil communities (microbial and invertebrate) with biogeochemical properties showthe influence of soil properties...

Co-variation in soil biodiversity and biogeochemistry in northern and southern Victoria Land, Antarctica (2006)

Adams, Byron J.;

Data from six sites in Victoria Land (72–77degrees S) investigating co-variation in soil communities (microbial and invertebrate) with biogeochemical properties showthe influence of soil properties...

A phylogeny of Belonolaimus populations in Florida inferred from DNA sequences (2006)

Adams, Byron J.

The D2-D3 and ITS regions of rDNA from 33 Florida populations of Belonolaimus spp. were sequenced and subjected to phylogenetic analysis. Our objective was to derive a theoretical evolutionary...

A phylogeny of Belonolaimus populations in Florida inferred from DNA sequences (2006)

Adams, Byron J.

The D2-D3 and ITS regions of rDNA from 33 Florida populations of Belonolaimus spp. were sequenced and subjected to phylogenetic analysis. Our objective was to derive a theoretical evolutionary...

A phylogeny of Belonolaimus populations in Florida inferred from DNA sequences (2006)

Adams, Byron J.;

The D2-D3 and ITS regions of rDNA from 33 Florida populations of Belonolaimus spp. were sequenced and subjected to phylogenetic analysis. Our objective was to derive a theoretical evolutionary...

Survey of Entomopathogenic Nematodes and Fungi Endemic to Pecan Orchards of the Southeastern United States and Their Virulence to the Pecan Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (2003)

Wayne A. Gardner, James R. Fuxa, Bruce W. Wood, Khuong B. Nguyen, Byron J. Adams, ...

The pecan weevil, Curculio caryae (Horn), is a major pest of pecans in the Southeastern United States. Entomopathogenic nematodes and fungi are potential alternatives to chemical insecticides for C....

MOLECULAR AND MORPHOMETRIC EVIDENCE FOR SEPARATE SPECIES OF UNCINARIA (NEMATODA: ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE) IN CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS AND NORTHERN FUR SEALS: HYPOTHESIS TESTING SUPPLANTS VERIFICATION (2000)

Steven A. Nadler, Byron J. Adams, Eugene T. Lyons, Robert L. DeLong, Sharon R. Melin

California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) are each believed to host distinct hookworm species (Uncinaria spp.). However, a recent morphometric...

Comparing Phylogenetic Codivergence between Polyomaviruses and Their Hosts

Pérez-Losada, Marcos, Christensen, Ryan G., McClellan, David A., Adams, Byron J., Viscidi, Raphael P., Demma, James C., ...

Seventy-two full genomes corresponding to nine mammalian (67 strains) and two avian (5 strains) polyomavirus species were analyzed using maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods of phylogenetic...

Comparing Phylogenetic Codivergence between Polyomaviruses and Their Hosts

Pérez-Losada, Marcos, Christensen, Ryan G., McClellan, David A., Adams, Byron J., Viscidi, Raphael P., Demma, James C., ...

Seventy-two full genomes corresponding to nine mammalian (67 strains) and two avian (5 strains) polyomavirus species were analyzed using maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods of phylogenetic...

Taxonomic and Biological Characterization of Steinernema rarum Found in the Southeastern United States

Nguyen, Khuong B., Shapiro-Ilan, David I., Fuxa, James R., Wood, Bruce W., Bertolotti, Maria A., Adams, Byron J.

Two Steinernema isolates found in Louisiana and Mississippi were later identified as isolates of S. rarum. DNA sequences of ITS regions of the United States isolates are identical with sequences of...

Species Concepts and the Evolutionary Paradigm in Modem Nematology

Adams, Byron J.

Given the task of recovering and representing evolutionary history, nematode taxonomists can choose from among several species concepts. All species concepts have theoretical and (or) operational...

The Species Delimitation Uncertainty Principle

Adams, Byron J.

If, as Einstein said, "it is the theory which decides what we can observe," then "the species problem" could be solved by simply improving our theoretical definition of what a species is. However,...