Whole‐genome sequencing approaches for conservation biology: Advantages, limitations and practical recommendations

AP Fuentes‐Pardo, DE Ruzzante - Molecular ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Whole‐genome resequencing (WGR) is a powerful method for addressing fundamental
evolutionary biology questions that have not been fully resolved using traditional methods …

Guidelines for planning genomic assessment and monitoring of locally adaptive variation to inform species conservation

SP Flanagan, BR Forester, EK Latch… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying and monitoring locally adaptive genetic variation can have direct utility for
conserving species at risk, especially when management may include actions such as …

Stacks 2: Analytical methods for paired‐end sequencing improve RADseq‐based population genomics

NC Rochette, AG Rivera‐Colón… - Molecular ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
For half a century population genetics studies have put type II restriction endonucleases to
work. Now, coupled with massively‐parallel, short‐read sequencing, the family of RAD …

Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species' responses to climate change

AM Waldvogel, B Feldmeyer, G Rolshausen… - Evolution …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Global climate change (GCC) increasingly threatens biodiversity through the loss of species,
and the transformation of entire ecosystems. Many species are challenged by the pace of …

Conservation of freshwater bivalves at the global scale: diversity, threats and research needs

M Lopes-Lima, LE Burlakova, AY Karatayev, K Mehler… - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
Bivalves are ubiquitous members of freshwater ecosystems and responsible for important
functions and services. The present paper revises freshwater bivalve diversity, conservation …

The search for loci under selection: trends, biases and progress

CW Ahrens, PD Rymer, A Stow, J Bragg… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Detecting genetic variants under selection using FST outlier analysis (OA) and
environmental association analyses (EAAs) are popular approaches that provide insight into …

Improving conservation policy with genomics: a guide to integrating adaptive potential into US Endangered Species Act decisions for conservation practitioners and …

WC Funk, BR Forester, SJ Converse, C Darst… - Conservation …, 2019 - Springer
Rapid environmental change makes adaptive potential—the capacity of populations to
evolve genetically based changes in response to selection—more important than ever for …

Seascape genomics reveals adaptive divergence in a connected and commercially important mollusc, the greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata), along a longitudinal …

J Sandoval‐Castillo, NA Robinson, AM Hart… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Populations of broadcast spawning marine organisms often have large sizes and are
exposed to reduced genetic drift. Under such scenarios, strong selection associated with …

Population genomics: advancing understanding of nature

G Luikart, M Kardos, BK Hand, OP Rajora… - Population genomics …, 2019 - Springer
Population genomics is advancing our understanding of evolution, ecology, conservation,
agriculture, forestry, and human health by allowing new and long-standing questions to be …

Intercontinental genomic parallelism in multiple three-spined stickleback adaptive radiations

IS Magalhaes, JR Whiting, D D'Agostino… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Parallelism, the evolution of similar traits in populations diversifying in similar conditions,
provides strong evidence of adaptation by natural selection. Many studies of parallelism …