The method to estimate contemporary effective population size (N e) based on patterns of
linkage disequilibrium (LD) at unlinked loci has been widely applied to natural and …

Advancing technologies have facilitated the ever‐widening application of genetic markers
such as microsatellites into new systems and research questions in biology. In light of the …

Low‐coverage whole genome sequencing (lcWGS) has emerged as a powerful and cost‐
effective approach for population genomic studies in both model and nonmodel species …

NeEstimator v2 is a completely revised and updated implementation of software that
produces estimates of contemporary effective population size, using several different …

I consider how the study of genetic variation has influenced efforts to conserve natural
populations over the last 50 years. Studies with allozymes in the 1970s provided the first …

Effective population size (Ne) is a key population genetic parameter that describes the
amount of genetic drift in a population. Estimating Ne has been subject to much research …

Additive genetic variance (VA) reflects the potential for evolutionary shifts and can be low for
some traits or populations. High VA is critical for the conservation of threatened species …

Use of single-sample genetic methods to estimate effective population size has skyrocketed
in recent years. Although the underlying models assume discrete generations, they are …

The conservation and management of endangered species requires information on their
genetic diversity, relatedness and population structure. The main genetic markers applied …

Species diversity can be lost through two different but potentially interacting extinction
processes: demographic decline and speciation reversal through introgressive …