Making sense of genomic islands of differentiation in light of speciation

JBW Wolf, H Ellegren - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
As populations diverge, genetic differences accumulate across the genome. Spurred by
rapid developments in sequencing technology, genome-wide population surveys of natural …

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 …

Population genetics of the coral Acropora millepora: Toward genomic prediction of bleaching

ZL Fuller, VJL Mocellin, LA Morris, N Cantin… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Coral reefs worldwide are suffering losses at an alarming rate as a result of
anthropogenic climate change. Increased seawater temperatures, even only slightly above …

Worldwide Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene population declines in extant megafauna are associated with Homo sapiens expansion rather than climate change

J Bergman, RØ Pedersen, EJ Lundgren… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The worldwide extinction of megafauna during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene is
evident from the fossil record, with dominant theories suggesting a climate, human or …

Using genomic data to infer historic population dynamics of nonmodel organisms

AC Beichman, E Huerta-Sanchez… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Genome sequence data are now being routinely obtained from many nonmodel organisms.
These data contain a wealth of information about the demographic history of the populations …

Navigating the temporal continuum of effective population size

K Nadachowska‐Brzyska, M Konczal… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Genome resequencing reveals rapid, repeated evolution in the Colorado potato beetle

B Pélissié, YH Chen, ZP Cohen… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Insecticide resistance and rapid pest evolution threatens food security and the development
of sustainable agricultural practices, yet the evolutionary mechanisms that allow pests to …

Whole-genome analysis of giraffe supports four distinct species

RTF Coimbra, S Winter, V Kumar, KP Koepfli… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Species is the fundamental taxonomic unit in biology and its delimitation has implications for
conservation. In giraffe (Giraffa spp.), multiple taxonomic classifications have been proposed …

Genomic insights into the conservation status of the world's last remaining Sumatran rhinoceros populations

J Von Seth, N Dussex, D Díez-del-Molino… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Small populations are often exposed to high inbreeding and mutational load that can
increase the risk of extinction. The Sumatran rhinoceros was widespread in Southeast Asia …

A practical introduction to sequentially Markovian coalescent methods for estimating demographic history from genomic data

N Mather, SM Traves, SYW Ho - Ecology and evolution, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A common goal of population genomics and molecular ecology is to reconstruct the
demographic history of a species of interest. A pair of powerful tools based on the …