Publications by authors named "Ruth V Nichols"

7Publications

Targeted Amplification and Sequencing of Ancient Environmental and Sedimentary DNA.

Authors:
Ruth V Nichols Emily Curd Peter D Heintzman Beth Shapiro

Methods Mol Biol 2019 ;1963:149-161

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.

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September 2019

A probable prehistoric case of meningococcal disease from San Francisco Bay: Next generation sequencing of Neisseria meningitidis from dental calculus and osteological evidence.

Authors:
Jelmer W Eerkens Ruth V Nichols Gemma G R Murray Katherine Perez Engel Murga Phil Kaijankoski Jeffrey S Rosenthal Laurel Engbring Beth Shapiro

Int J Paleopathol 2018 09 25;22:173-180. Epub 2018 May 25.

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, United States.

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September 2018

Minimizing polymerase biases in metabarcoding.

Authors:
Ruth V Nichols Christopher Vollmers Lee A Newsom Yue Wang Peter D Heintzman McKenna Leighton Richard E Green Beth Shapiro

Mol Ecol Resour 2018 May 24. Epub 2018 May 24.

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California.

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May 2018

Diet Assessment Based on Rumen Contents: A Comparison between DNA Metabarcoding and Macroscopy.

Authors:
Ruth V Nichols Mikael Åkesson Petter Kjellander

PLoS One 2016 20;11(6):e0157977. Epub 2016 Jun 20.

Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Riddarhyttan, Sweden.

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July 2017

Using eDNA to experimentally test ungulate browsing preferences.

Authors:
Ruth V Nichols Joris P G M Cromsigt Göran Spong

Springerplus 2015 10;4:489. Epub 2015 Sep 10.

Molecular Ecology Research Group, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skogsmarksgränd, 90183 Umeå, Sweden ; Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7646 USA.

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September 2015

DNA left on browsed twigs uncovers bite-scale resource use patterns in European ungulates.

Authors:
Ruth V Nichols Joris P G M Cromsigt Göran Spong

Oecologia 2015 May 28;178(1):275-84. Epub 2014 Dec 28.

Molecular Ecology Group, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skogsmarksgränd, 90183, Umeå, Sweden,

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May 2015

Browsed twig environmental DNA: diagnostic PCR to identify ungulate species.

Authors:
Ruth V Nichols Helena Königsson Kjell Danell Göran Spong

Mol Ecol Resour 2012 Nov 19;12(6):983-9. Epub 2012 Jul 19.

Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.

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November 2012