SNP genoty** and population genomics from expressed sequences–current advances and future possibilities

P De Wit, MH Pespeni, SR Palumbi - Molecular ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid increase in production of genetic data from new sequencing technologies, a
myriad of new ways to study genomic patterns in nonmodel organisms are currently …

Variation of the adaptive substitution rate between species and within genomes

AF Moutinho, T Bataillon, JY Dutheil - Evolutionary Ecology, 2020 - Springer
The importance of adaptive mutations in molecular evolution is extensively debated. Recent
developments in population genomics allow inferring rates of adaptive mutations by fitting a …

Extreme genomic erosion after recurrent demographic bottlenecks in the highly endangered Iberian lynx

F Abascal, A Corvelo, F Cruz, JL Villanueva-Cañas… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background Genomic studies of endangered species provide insights into their evolution
and demographic history, reveal patterns of genomic erosion that might limit their viability …

Adaptive protein evolution in animals and the effective population size hypothesis

N Galtier - PLoS genetics, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The rate at which genomes adapt to environmental changes and the prevalence of adaptive
processes in molecular evolution are two controversial issues in current evolutionary …

Patterns of cross-contamination in a multispecies population genomic project: detection, quantification, impact, and solutions

M Ballenghien, N Faivre, N Galtier - BMC biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Contamination is a well-known but often neglected problem in molecular
biology. Here, we investigated the prevalence of cross-contamination among 446 samples …

Island songbirds as windows into evolution in small populations

T Leroy, M Rousselle, MK Tilak, AE Caizergues… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Due to their limited ranges and inherent isolation, island species have long been recognized
as crucial systems for tackling a range of evolutionary questions, including in the early study …

K r /K c but not d N /d S correlates positively with body mass in birds, raising …

CC Weber, B Nabholz, J Romiguier, H Ellegren - Genome biology, 2014 - Springer
Background The ratio of the rates of non-synonymous and synonymous substitution (d N/d
S) is commonly used to estimate selection in coding sequences. It is often suggested that, all …

Using conservation genetics to prioritise management options for an endangered songbird

F Alves, SC Banks, M Edworthy, D Stojanovic… - Heredity, 2023 - nature.com
Genetic data can be highly informative for answering questions relevant to practical
conservation efforts, but remain one of the most neglected aspects of species recovery …

Theory, practice, and conservation in the age of genomics: The Galápagos giant tortoise as a case study

SJ Gaughran, MC Quinzin, JM Miller… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
High‐throughput DNA sequencing allows efficient discovery of thousands of single
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP s) in nonmodel species. Population genetic theory predicts …

The Agassiz's desert tortoise genome provides a resource for the conservation of a threatened species

M Tollis, DF DeNardo, JA Cornelius, GA Dolby… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Agassiz's desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a long-lived species native to the Mojave
Desert and is listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act. To aid …