Warren Booth

Works (25)

Updated: August 18th, 2023 21:20

2014 journal article

Hierarchical Genetic Analysis of German Cockroach (Blattella germanica) Populations from within Buildings to across Continents

PLoS ONE, 9(7), e102321.

By: E. Vargo n, J. Crissman n, W. Booth n, R. Santangelo n, D. Mukha & C. Schal n 

Ed(s): Z. Adelman

MeSH headings : Animals; Bayes Theorem; Blattellidae / genetics; Cluster Analysis; DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics; Genetic Variation; Housing; Microsatellite Repeats / genetics; Spatial Analysis; Species Specificity
TL;DR: The German cockroach (Blattella germanica) is a widespread urban invader that can actively disperse within buildings but is spread solely by human-mediated dispersal over longer distances; however, its population structure is poorly understood. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities (OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Molecular traces of alternative social organization in a termite genome

Nature Communications, 5.

By: N. Terrapon, C. Li, H. Robertson, L. Ji, X. Meng, W. Booth, Z. Chen, C. Childers ...

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Characterization of Microsatellites for Population Genetic Analyses of the Fungus-Growing Termite (Isoptera: Termitidae)

ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 42(5), 1092–1099.

By: C. Husseneder *, S. Garner*, Q. Huang *, W. Booth n & E. Vargo n

author keywords: social insect; genetic marker; genotyping; allele; gene flow
MeSH headings : Animals; China; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population / methods; Isoptera / genetics; Microsatellite Repeats
TL;DR: Nine novel microsatellite loci from a mixed partial genomic library of O. formosanus will allow further studies to examine the phylogeography, population genetic and colony breeding structure, dispersal ranges, and size of foraging territories in this and closely related species, as well as aid in assessing treatment success. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Thrips tabaci Population Genetic Structure and Polyploidy in Relation to Competency as a Vector of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus

PLoS ONE, 8(1), e54484.

By: A. Jacobson n, W. Booth n, E. Vargo n & G. Kennedy n 

Ed(s): R. Belshaw

MeSH headings : Animals; Electron Transport Complex IV / classification; Electron Transport Complex IV / genetics; Genetics, Population; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Insect Vectors / genetics; Insect Vectors / virology; Microsatellite Repeats; Mitochondria / enzymology; Mitochondria / genetics; North Carolina; Phylogeny; Plant Diseases / prevention & control; Plant Diseases / virology; Polyploidy; Protein Subunits / classification; Protein Subunits / genetics; Reproduction / genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Thysanoptera / genetics; Thysanoptera / virology; Tospovirus / physiology
TL;DR: Analysis of variation in transmission of Tomato spotted wilt virus among isofemale lines initiated with individuals used in this study revealed that ‘clone assignment,’ ‘virus isolate’ and their interaction significantly influenced vector competency. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being (OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Facultative parthenogenesis discovered in wild vertebrates

Biology Letters, 8(6), 983–985.

By: W. Booth, C. Smith, P. Eskridge, S. Hoss, J. Mendelson & G. Schuett

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Genetic Analysis of Bed Bug Populations Reveals Small Propagule Size Within Individual Infestations but High Genetic Diversity Across Infestations From the Eastern United States

Journal of Medical Entomology, 49(4), 865–875.

By: V. Saenz*, W. Booth*, C. Schal*  & E. Vargo*

author keywords: Cimex lectularius; population genetics; gene flow; introduced species; microsatellite
MeSH headings : Animals; Bedbugs / genetics; Female; Gene Flow; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Introduced Species; Male; Microsatellite Repeats; United States
TL;DR: The results suggest that nearly all the studied infestations were started by a small propagule possibly consisting of a singly mated female and/or her progeny, or a female mated with multiple males that were highly related to her. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Genetic evidence of a recent successful colonization of introduced species on islands: Boa constrictor imperator on Cozumel Island

Biological Invasions, 14(10), 2101–2116.

By: E. Vazquez-Dominguez, M. Suarez-Atilano, W. Booth, C. Gonzalez-Baca & A. Cuaron

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Genome size and ploidy of Thysanoptera

Insect Molecular Biology, 22(1), 12–17.

By: A. Jacobson n, J. Johnston*, D. Rotenberg* , A. Whitfield *, W. Booth n, E. Vargo n, G. Kennedy n 

MeSH headings : Animals; Female; Flow Cytometry / methods; Genome Size; Genome, Insect; Male; North Carolina; Parthenogenesis; Ploidies; Thysanoptera / genetics
TL;DR: This is the first study to produce genome size estimates for thysanopteran species, and report polyploidy in T. tabaci populations. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
Sources: NC State University Libraries, Crossref, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Molecular Markers Reveal Infestation Dynamics of the Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) Within Apartment Buildings

Journal of Medical Entomology, 49(3), 535–546.

By: W. Booth n, V. Saenz n, R. Santangelo n, C. Wang *, C. Schal n  & E. Vargo n

author keywords: bed bug; microsatellite; population genetic structure; 454 pyrosequencing; inbreeding
MeSH headings : Animals; Cities; Hemiptera / genetics; Housing / statistics & numerical data; Microsatellite Repeats; New Jersey; North Carolina; Population Dynamics
TL;DR: Development of 24 high-resolution microsatellite markers through next generation 454 pyrosequencing and their application to elucidate infestation dynamics within three multistory apartment buildings in the United States are described. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities (OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci From an Indigenous Asian Fungus-Growing Termite, Macrotermes gilvus (Blattodea: Termitidae) and Cross Amplification in Related Taxa

ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 41(2), 426–431.

By: G. Singham, E. Vargo n, W. Booth n, A. Othman & C. Lee

author keywords: microsatellite; 454 pyrosequencing; next generation sequencing; termite; Macrotermes gilvus
MeSH headings : Animals; Genetic Markers; Geography; Isoptera / genetics; Microsatellite Repeats; Polymorphism, Genetic; Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods; Species Specificity
TL;DR: Next generation sequencing (Roche 454 pyrosequencing) was used to identify microsatellite markers from the genomic DNA of M. gilvus that will open new avenues for the study of phylogeography and population genetics of this fungus-growing termite. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Population genetic structure and colony breeding system in dampwood termites (Zootermopsis angusticollis and Z. nevadensis nuttingi)

INSECTES SOCIAUX, 59(1), 127–137.

By: W. Booth n, C. Brent*, D. Calleri*, R. Rosengaus *, J. Traniello & E. Vargo n

author keywords: Ancestral termites; Termopsidae; Isoptera; Gene flow; Breeding system; Microsatellites; COI
TL;DR: Investigation of patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation within the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis collected from three geographically distinct locations in California, USA found each site was found to represent unique populations with limited levels of gene flow. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Successive virgin births of viable male progeny in the checkered gartersnake, Thamnophis marcianus

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 107(3), 566–572.

By: R. Reynolds, W. Booth, G. Schuett, B. Fitzpatrick & G. Burghardt

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Consecutive Virgin Births in the New World Boid Snake, the Colombian Rainbow Boa, Epicrates maurus

Journal of Heredity, 102(6), 759–763.

By: W. Booth n, L. Million n, R. Reynolds  n, G. Burghardt  n, E. Vargo n, C. Schal n , A. Tzika  n, G. Schuett  n

author keywords: asexual reproduction; Boidae; facultative parthenogenesis; microsatellite DNA fingerprinting; Serpentes
MeSH headings : Animals; Boidae / genetics; DNA Fingerprinting; Female; Heterozygote; Homozygote; Microsatellite Repeats; Parthenogenesis / genetics; Parturition / genetics; Reproduction / genetics; Sex Determination Analysis; Sex Determination Processes / genetics
TL;DR: This study provides genetic evidence for consecutive virgin births by a female Colombian rainbow boa (Epicrates maurus), resulting in the production of WW females likely through terminal fusion automixis, the first record of parthenogenesis within the genus Epicrates, a second within the serpent lineage Boidae, and the third genetically confirmed case of consecutiveirgin births of viable offspring within any vertebrate lineage. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 December 2010-31 January 2011

Molecular Ecology Resources, 11(3), 586–589.

By: K. Agata, S. Alasaad, V. Almeida-Val, J. Alvarez-Dios, F. Barbisan, J. Beadell, J. Beltran, M. Benitez ...

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Population Genetic Structure in German Cockroaches (Blattella Germanica): Differentiated Islands in an Agricultural Landscape

Journal of Heredity, 102(2), 175–183.

By: W. Booth n, R. Santangelo n, E. Vargo n, D. Mukha & C. Schal n 

author keywords: Blattella germanica; commensal; Genetic bottleneck; human-mediated dispersal; microsatellite DNA profiling; population structure
MeSH headings : Agriculture; Animals; Bayes Theorem; Blattellidae / genetics; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Genotype; Geography; Insect Control; Microsatellite Repeats / genetics; North Carolina; Phylogeny
TL;DR: Results reveal that structure of cockroach populations will be genetically structured based on association to a specific management company of origin, but instead it may be regional and influenced strongly by the unintentional movement of cockroaches by farm workers. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Rediscovery of the "terrible hairy fly", Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen (Diptera: Mormotomyiidae), in eastern Kenya, with notes on biology, natural history, and genetic variation of the Ukasi Hill population

AFRICAN INVERTEBRATES, 52(2), 363–390.

By: R. Copeland *, A. Kirk-Spriggs*, S. Muteti*, W. Booth n & B. Wiegmann n 

author keywords: Mormotomyiidae; Mormotomyia hirsuta; Kenya; biology; biospeleology; cavernicolous; conservation; frightful hairy fly; genetic diversity; female allometry; sexual size dimorphism
TL;DR: Estimated genetic diversity in the Ukasi population show higher than expected allelic diversity and indicate possible gene flow and frequent population bottlenecks, and male-biased sexual size dimorphism was pronounced in adult M. hirsuta, with seven body-part measurements, including legs, larger by 33–61 % in males than females. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Evidence for viable, non-clonal but fatherless Boa constrictors

Biology Letters, 7(2), 253–256.

By: W. Booth n, D. Johnson, S. Moore, C. Schal n  & E. Vargo n

author keywords: facultative parthenogenesis; asexual reproduction; Boidae; WW female; microsatellite DNA fingerprinting
MeSH headings : Animals; Boidae / genetics; Boidae / physiology; DNA Fingerprinting; Female; Male; Microsatellite Repeats; Parthenogenesis; Sex Determination Processes
TL;DR: Through microsatellite DNA fingerprinting, this work provides the first evidence of facultative parthenogenesis in a Boa constrictor, identifying multiple, viable, non-experimentally induced females for the first time in any vertebrate lineage. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Is It Easy to Be Urban? Convergent Success in Urban Habitats among Lineages of a Widespread Native Ant

PLoS ONE, 5(2), e9194.

By: S. Menke n, W. Booth n, R. Dunn n , C. Schal n , E. Vargo n & J. Silverman n

Contributors: S. Menke n, W. Booth n, R. Dunn n , C. Schal n , E. Vargo n & J. Silverman n

Ed(s): C. Moreau

MeSH headings : Analysis of Variance; Animals; Ants / classification; Ants / enzymology; Ants / genetics; Cities; DNA, Mitochondrial / chemistry; DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics; Ecosystem; Electron Transport Complex IV / genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Geography; Haplotypes; Molecular Sequence Data; North America; Phylogeny; Sequence Analysis, DNA
TL;DR: The results indicate that T. sessile has colonized urban habitats repeatedly and appears to do so using life history strategies already present in more natural populations, and polygynous colony structure is a highly plastic trait across habitat, clade, and haplotype. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities (OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Population genetic structure of the German cockroach (Blattodea: Blattellidae) in apartment buildings

Journal of Medical Entomology, 47(4), 553–564.

By: J. Crissman n, W. Booth n, R. Santangelo n, D. Mukha, E. Vargo n & C. Schal n 

MeSH headings : Animals; Cockroaches / genetics; Genotype; Housing; Microsatellite Repeats; North Carolina; Phylogeny
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities (OpenAlex)
Sources: NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Characterization of 8 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the neotropical ant-garden ant, Camponotus femoratus (Fabricius)

CONSERVATION GENETICS, 10(5), 1401–1403.

By: W. Booth n, E. Youngsteadt n, C. Schal n  & E. Vargo n

Contributors: W. Booth n, E. Youngsteadt n, C. Schal n  & E. Vargo n

author keywords: Camponotus; Formicidae; Di-nucleotide microsatellite; Tri-nucleotide microsatellite; Tetra-nucleotide microsatellite
TL;DR: This work isolated eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for C. femoratus from a genomic library enriched for di-, tri-, and tetra-nucleotide repeats and detected 2 to 17 alleles per locus, with levels of observed heterozygosity ranging from 0.286 to 0.714. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the ant-garden ant, Crematogaster levior (Forel)

CONSERVATION GENETICS, 10(3), 639–641.

By: W. Booth n, E. Youngsteadt n, C. Schal n  & E. Vargo n

Contributors: W. Booth n, E. Youngsteadt n, C. Schal n  & E. Vargo n

author keywords: Crematogaster; Formicidae; Di-nucleotide microsatellite; Tri-nucleotide microsatellite; Tetra-nucleotide microsatellite
TL;DR: Throughout Amazonia, the ant Crematogaster levior is known for its participation in a complex ant-garden mutualism with the ant Camponotus femoratus and several species of epiphytic plants for which it plays an important role in seed viability. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Blattella asahinai (Dictyoptera : Blattellidae): A new predator of lepidopteran eggs in South Texas soybean

ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 101(4), 763–768.

By: R. Pfannenstiel, W. Booth*, E. Vargo* & C. Schal* 

author keywords: range extension; cuticular hydrocarbons; COII gene
TL;DR: Using a combination of morphological characters, cuticular hydrocarbons, and sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase II gene, this cockroach is definitively identified as B. asahinai, the dominant egg predator in soybean during 2006, making up 36.4% of all predators observed feeding on eggs. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Identification and characterization of 15 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the western drywood termite, Incisitermes minor (Hagen)

MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES, 8(5), 1102–1104.

By: W. Booth n, V. Lewis *, R. Taylor*, C. Schal n  & E. Vargo n

Contributors: W. Booth n, V. Lewis *, R. Taylor*, C. Schal n  & E. Vargo n

author keywords: dinucleotide microsatellite; drywood termite; Incisitermes; tetranucleotide microsatellite; trinucleotide microsatellite
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2007 journal article

Identification and characterization of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica

MOLECULAR ECOLOGY NOTES, 7(4), 648–650.

By: W. Booth n, S. Bogdanowicz *, P. Prodohl *, R. Harrison*, C. Schal n  & E. Vargo n

Contributors: W. Booth n, S. Bogdanowicz *, P. Prodohl *, R. Harrison*, C. Schal n  & E. Vargo n

author keywords: B. asahinai; B. germanica; dinucleotide microsatellite; multiplex PCR; tetranucleotide microsatellite; trinucleotide microsatellite
TL;DR: Experimental conditions are described for polymerase chain reaction multiplexing, which enables the genotyping of eight loci in three electrophoretic runs consisting of one set of three and two sets of two markers. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2007 journal article

Polyandry by wood mice in natural populations

Journal of Zoology (London, England : 1987), 273(2), 176–182.

By: W. Booth, W. Montgomery & P. Prodohl

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

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