An empirical test of the estimation of historical effective population size using Drosophila melanogaster

I Novo, N Pérez‐Pereira, E Santiago… - Molecular Ecology …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The availability of a large number of high‐density markers (SNPs) allows the estimation of
historical effective population size (N e) from linkage disequilibrium between loci. A recent …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptation to the High-Arctic island environment despite long-term reduced genetic variation in Svalbard reindeer

N Dussex, OK Tørresen, T van der Valk, M Le Moullec… - Iscience, 2023‏ - cell.com
Typically much smaller in number than their mainland counterparts, island populations are
ideal systems to investigate genetic threats to small populations. The Svalbard reindeer …

Range-wide and temporal genomic analyses reveal the consequences of near-extinction in Swedish moose

N Dussex, S Kurland, RA Olsen, G Spong… - Communications …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Ungulate species have experienced severe declines over the past centuries through
overharvesting and habitat loss. Even if many game species have recovered thanks to strict …

A comparison of genomic diversity and demographic history of the North Atlantic and Southwest Atlantic southern right whales

CA Crossman, MC Fontaine, TR Frasier - Molecular Ecology, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Right whales (genus Eubalaena) were among the first, and most extensively pursued,
targets of commercial whaling. However, understanding the impacts of this persecution …

Biocultural aspects of species extinctions

RJ Ladle, F Alves-Martins, ACM Malhado… - Cambridge Prisms …, 2023‏ - cambridge.org
Predicting whether a species is likely to go extinct (or not) is one of the fundamental
objectives of conservation biology, and extinction risk classifications have become an …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal dynamics of woolly mammoth genome erosion prior to extinction

M Dehasque, HE Morales, D Díez-del-Molino… - Cell, 2024‏ - cell.com
A number of species have recently recovered from near-extinction. Although these species
have avoided the immediate extinction threat, their long-term viability remains precarious …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic load and adaptive potential of a recovered avian species that narrowly avoided extinction

G Femerling, C Van Oosterhout, S Feng… - Molecular Biology …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
High genetic diversity is a good predictor of long-term population viability, yet some species
persevere despite having low genetic diversity. Here we study the genomic erosion of the …

Genetic diversity and inbreeding in an endangered island-dwelling parrot population following repeated population bottlenecks

D Gautschi, R Heinsohn, L Ortiz-Catedral… - Conservation …, 2024‏ - Springer
Genetic diversity and population structure can have important implications for the
management of threatened species. This is particularly true for small, isolated populations …

Genomic exploration of the endangered oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana, sheds light on migration adaptation and future conservation

S Yang, Y Liu, X Zhao, J Chen, H Li, H Liang… - …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana, is an endangered migratory bird
listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List. The bird population …

Long-term genetic and demographic surveys reveal the impact of population history, habitat change, and conservation efforts on the globally endangered Turdus …

L Cousseau, P Sanczuk, S de Mits… - Ornithological …, 2025‏ - academic.oup.com
Predicting the fate of threatened populations remains a challenge in conservation biology.
The study of genetic and demographic time series is crucial to unravel the role of population …