Bottlenecks in population size can reduce fitness and evolutionary potential, yet introduced
species often become invasive. This poses a dilemma referred to as the genetic paradox of …

Local adaptation shapes species diversity, can be a step** stone to ecological speciation,
and can facilitate species range expansion. Population genetic analyses, which complement …

In population genomics studies, accounting for the neutral covariance structure across
population allele frequencies is critical to improve the robustness of genome-wide scan …

Although genome scans have become a popular approach towards understanding the
genetic basis of local adaptation, the field still does not have a firm grasp on how sampling …

Next-generation sequencing technology provides novel opportunities for gathering genome-
scale sequence data in natural populations, laying the empirical foundation for the evolving …

Theory predicts that genetic erosion in small, isolated populations of endangered species
can be assessed using estimates of neutral genetic variation, yet this widely used approach …

The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used in laboratory experiments for
over a century and has been instrumental in understanding virtually every aspect of …

In this perspective, we evaluate the explanatory power of the neutral theory of molecular
evolution, 50 years after its introduction by Kimura. We argue that the neutral theory was …

Fungi are ideal model organisms for dissecting the genomic bases of adaptive divergence in
eukaryotes. They have simple morphologies and small genomes, occupy contrasting, well …

Elucidating the connection between genotype, phenotype, and adaptation in wild
populations is fundamental to the study of evolutionary biology, yet it remains an elusive …