Madagascar's extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities

H Ralimanana, AL Perrigo, RJ Smith, JS Borrell… - Science, 2022‏ - science.org
Madagascar's unique biota is heavily affected by human activity and is under intense threat.
Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the conservation status of Madagascar's …

Navigating the temporal continuum of effective population size

K Nadachowska‐Brzyska, M Konczal… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Effective population size, Ne, is a key evolutionary parameter that determines the levels of
genetic variation and efficacy of selection. Estimation and interpretation of Ne are essential …

The long‐standing significance of genetic diversity in conservation

JA DeWoody, AM Harder, S Mathur… - Molecular …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Since allozymes were first used to assess genetic diversity in the 1960s and 1970s,
biologists have attempted to characterize gene pools and conserve the diversity observed in …

Genetic diversity and IUCN Red List status

C Schmidt, S Hoban, M Hunter, I Paz‐Vinas… - Conservation …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List is an important
and widely used tool for conservation assessment. The IUCN uses information about a …

The contribution of historical processes to contemporary extinction risk in placental mammals

AP Wilder, MA Supple, A Subramanian, A Mudide… - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
Species persistence can be influenced by the amount, type, and distribution of diversity
across the genome, suggesting a potential relationship between historical demography and …

Discovery and population genomics of structural variation in a songbird genus

MH Weissensteiner, I Bunikis, A Catalán… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Structural variation (SV) constitutes an important type of genetic mutations providing the raw
material for evolution. Here, we uncover the genome-wide spectrum of intra-and interspecific …

The evolution of comparative phylogeography: putting the geography (and more) into comparative population genomics

SV Edwards, VV Robin, N Ferrand… - Genome Biology and …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Comparative population genomics is an ascendant field using genomic comparisons
between species to draw inferences about forces regulating genetic variation. Comparative …

[PDF][PDF] How can we resolve Lewontin's paradox?

B Charlesworth, JD Jensen - Genome biology and evolution, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
We discuss the genetic, demographic, and selective forces that are likely to be at play in
restricting observed levels of DNA sequence variation in natural populations to a much …

Contrasting whole-genome and reduced representation sequencing for population demographic and adaptive inference: an alpine mammal case study

D Martchenko, ABA Shafer - Heredity, 2023‏ - nature.com
Genomes capture the adaptive and demographic history of a species, but the choice of
sequencing strategy and sample size can impact such inferences. We compared whole …

Island songbirds as windows into evolution in small populations

T Leroy, M Rousselle, MK Tilak, AE Caizergues… - Current Biology, 2021‏ - cell.com
Due to their limited ranges and inherent isolation, island species have long been recognized
as crucial systems for tackling a range of evolutionary questions, including in the early study …