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 …

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 …

Aim Genoty**‐by‐sequencing (GBS) and similar reduced‐representation sequencing
methods, such as restriction site‐associated DNA sequencing (RADseq), have been …

Genome‐wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) data are increasingly used in
estimating the current effective population sizes (N e) for informing the conservation of …

The impact of climate change on populations will be contingent upon their contemporary
adaptive evolution. In this study, we investigated the contemporary evolution of 4 …

Genetic diversity and population structure can have important implications for the
management of threatened species. This is particularly true for small, isolated populations …

The causes of population divergence in vagile groups remain a paradox in evolutionary
biology: dispersive species should be able to colonize new areas, a prerequisite for …

The sex chromosomes have been hypothesized to play a key role in driving adaptation and
speciation across many taxa. The reason for this is thought to be the hemizygosity of the …

Recombination is a central evolutionary process that reshuffles combinations of alleles
along chromosomes, and consequently is expected to influence the efficacy of direct …

Leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) are top predators that can exert substantial top-down
control of their Antarctic prey species. However, population trends and genetic diversity of …