• Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs 

      Røskaft, Eivin; Møller, Anders P.; Liang, Wei; Sorenson, Michael D; Yang, Canchao; Takasu, Fugo; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Fossøy, Frode; Moksnes, Arne; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Rutila, Jarkko (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Maternal inheritance via the female-specific W chromosome was long ago proposed as a potential solution to the evolutionary enigma of co-existing host-specific races (or ‘gentes’) in avian brood parasites. Here we report ...
    • Introducing guidelines for publishing DNA-derived occurrence data through biodiversity data platforms 

      Nilsson, R. Henrik; Andersson, Anders F.; Bissett, Andrew; Finstad, Anders Gravbrøt; Fossøy, Frode; Grosjean, Marie; Hope, Michael; Jeppesen, Thomas S.; Kõljalg, Urmas; Lundin, Daniel; Prager, Maria; Suominen, Saara; Svenningsen, Cecilie S.; Schigel, Dmitry (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      DNA sequencing efforts of environmental and other biological samples disclose unprecedented and largely untapped opportunities for advances in the taxonomy, ecology, and geographical distributions of our living world. To ...
    • The use of eDNA and DNA based methods to assess and monitor alien and doorknocker species 

      Ekrem, Torbjørn; Baussant, Thierry; Dunshea, Glenn John; Dunthorn, Micah; Egge, Elianne Dunthorn; Engesmo, Anette; Fossøy, Frode; Hansen, Haakon; Kistenich, Sonja; Krolicka, Adriana; Larsen, Aud; Mauvisseau, Quentin; Strand, David; Vrålstad, Trude; Westergaard, Kristine Bakke (Report. Norwegian Environment Agency;, Research report, 2023)
      All organisms leave traces of their DNA in the environment they live in. This environmental DNA (eDNA) can be used to detect and monitor single species as well as communities, and potentially be utilized in early warning ...