Comparative phylogeography of African savannah ungulates1

ED Lorenzen, R Heller, HR Siegismund - Molecular ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The savannah biome of sub‐Saharan Africa harbours the highest diversity of ungulates
(hoofed mammals) on Earth. In this review, we compile population genetic data from 19 …

The confounding effect of population structure on Bayesian skyline plot inferences of demographic history

R Heller, L Chikhi, HR Siegismund - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Many coalescent-based methods aiming to infer the demographic history of populations
assume a single, isolated and panmictic population (ie a Wright-Fisher model). While this …

Inferring population decline and expansion from microsatellite data: a simulation-based evaluation of the Msvar method

C Girod, R Vitalis, R Leblois, H Fréville - Genetics, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Reconstructing the demographic history of populations is a central issue in evolutionary
biology. Using likelihood-based methods coupled with Monte Carlo simulations, it is now …

Lack of global population genetic differentiation in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae suggests a recent range expansion which may have coincided …

S Rosendahl, P Mcgee, JB Morton - Molecular ecology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae is commonly found in agricultural
fields. The cosmopolitan species is found in Africa, Europe, America, Asia and Australia …

Spatial and temporal patterns of neutral and adaptive genetic variation in the endangered African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

CD Marsden, R Woodroffe, MGL Mills… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Deciphering patterns of genetic variation within a species is essential for understanding
population structure, local adaptation and differences in diversity between populations …

Past perspectives for the future: foundations for sustainable development in East Africa

R Marchant, P Lane - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2014 - Elsevier
East African ecosystems are shaped by long-term socio-ecological interactions with a
dynamic climate and increasing human interventions. Whereas in the past these have often …

Pan-African Genetic Structure in the African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer): Investigating Intraspecific Divergence

N Smitz, C Berthouly, D Cornelis, R Heller… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) exhibits extreme morphological variability, which has
led to controversies about the validity and taxonomic status of the various recognized …

High diversity, inbreeding and a dynamic Pleistocene demographic history revealed by African buffalo genomes

D De Jager, B Glanzmann, M Möller, E Hoal… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Genomes retain records of demographic changes and evolutionary forces that shape
species and populations. Remnant populations of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in South …

Pleistocene sea level fluctuations and the phylogeography of the dugong in Australian waters

D Blair, A McMahon, B McDonald, D Tikel… - Marine Mammal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated phylogeography, demography, and population connectivity of the dugong
(Dugong dugon) in Australian waters using mitochondrial control region DNA sequences …

Genetic structuring and recent demographic history of red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) inferred from microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA

Y Hu, YU Guo, D Qi, X Zhan, HUA Wu… - Molecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Clarification of the genetic structure and population history of a species can shed light on the
impacts of landscapes, historical climate change and contemporary human activities and …