Chao-Dong（朝东） Zhu（朱）

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How to keep insect samples back to the lab for genome sequencing?

I'm planning a field trip to sample some insects potential for genome sequencing. Some sampling places might be over 1000 km away from the lab. For each population/morphotype, with body size...

03 October 2017 9,606 4 View

Integrative approach to combine RADSeq, AHE/GBS and UCE?

We are having demo projects on integrative systematics on bees and wasps in the lab. To gather enough data, we would like to try following technologies of next generation sequencing...

13 September 2016 7,739 8 View

How to keep field samples for transcriptome sequencing for phylogenomics?

We are trying to sequencing transcriptome from larvae/pupae/adult of some wild bees. RNALater might be proper for field samples. Do we need to dissect gut from body before putting them into...

09 June 2016 1,563 1 View

Trapping strategy for ground nesting bees?

Trapping strategy for ground nesting bees? 部分中文背景知识介绍：独栖蜜蜂巢穴与生物学研究，http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-536560-813417.html In 2007, I was contacted for the pollination problems of the tree oil, Camellia...

11 March 2016 1,270 8 View

Do you have any suggestions on sequencing a few more gene fragments from chalcidoidea?

We have been struggling to gather more gene fragments data for multiple loci species delimitation for Chalcidoidea, especially the family eulophidae. There has been a tradition to sequence both...

10 February 2015 1,186 4 View

Do you have any fresh materials of parasitoids from leafminers?

I'm advising one of my students, Miss HX CAO to work on parasitoid wasps attacking leafminers. She's more focusing on species delimitation and relationships of eulophids reared from leafminers....

23 January 2014 5,923 2 View

Are there any standard methodologies, economic or non-economic to valuate the pollination services?

There are any available from literature? I'm thinking to make them simple and straight forward for non-specialists.

27 December 2013 8,358 5 View

Identifying pollens based on both morphology and DNA sequences?

We are searching for manual on morphology of pollens. For DNA, are there any recent protocol to extract DNA from pollens? Can anyone provide some references on this?

01 November 2013 6,346 16 View

How to measure means with confidence, given the known distribution of individuals?

Here is a geographic area. Blue shading indicates the distribution of a species. The species is absent in the 2 white areas. 8 individuals are captured and typed for some character, the type is...

18 October 2013 7,774 0 View

Genes with different evolutionary rates?

We demonstrated the multiple loci approach for species delimitation with COI, CytB and 28S D2. I'm still wondering if genes with different evolutionary rates will lead to different MOTU?

26 August 2013 6,484 0 View

Detectors for bee movement

Dear colleagues, I'm asking if there are any convenient detectors in monitoring and recording flying bee movement. Thanks, cd

01 January 1970 4,184 5 View