Genetic variation, which is generated by mutation, recombination and gene flow, can reduce
the mean fitness of a population, both now and in the future. This 'genetic load'has been …

Biodiversity is under threat worldwide. Over the past decade, the field of population
genomics has developed across nonmodel organisms, and the results of this research have …

Abstract The Zoonomia Project is investigating the genomics of shared and specialized traits
in eutherian mammals. Here we provide genome assemblies for 131 species, of which all …

Deleterious mutations decrease reproductive fitness and are ubiquitous in genomes. Given
that many organisms face ongoing threats of extinction, there is interest in elucidating the …

Increasing habitat fragmentation leads to wild populations becoming small, isolated, and
threatened by inbreeding depression. However, small populations may be able to purge …

The observation that small isolated populations often suffer reduced fitness from inbreeding
depression has guided conservation theory and practice for decades. However …

Coyotes (Canis latrans) are highly adaptable, medium-sized carnivores that now inhabit
nearly every large city in the United States and Canada. To help understand how coyotes …

A fully updated guide to the increasingly prevalent use of molecular data in ecological
studies Molecular ecology is concerned with how molecular biology and population genetics …

The recovery and persistence of rare and endangered species are often threatened by
genetic factors, such as the accumulation of deleterious mutations, loss of adaptive potential …

Recent technological advances in the field of genomics offer conservation managers and
practitioners new tools to explore for conservation applications. Many of these tools are well …