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SUBMITTER: Liebeke M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4190966 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liebeke Manuel M Bruford Michael W MW Donnelly Robert K RK Ebbels Timothy M D TM Hao Jie J Kille Peter P Lahive Elma E Madison Rachael M RM Morgan A John AJ Pinto-Juma Gabriela A GA Spurgeon David J DJ Svendsen Claus C Bundy Jacob G JG
Biology letters 20140901 9
Molecular genetic methods can distinguish divergent evolutionary lineages in what previously appeared to be single species, but it is not always clear what functional differences exist between such cryptic species. We used a metabolomic approach to profile biochemical phenotype (metabotype) differences between two putative cryptic species of the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus. There were no straightforward metabolite biomarkers of lineage, i.e. no metabolites that were always at higher concentrati ...[more]