Continent-wide genomic signatures of adaptation to urbanisation in a songbird across Europe

P Salmón, A Jacobs, D Ahrén, C Biard… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Urbanisation is increasing worldwide, and there is now ample evidence of phenotypic
changes in wild organisms in response to this novel environment. Yet, the genetic changes …

Heterogeneous selection on exploration behavior within and among West European populations of a passerine bird

A Mouchet, EF Cole, E Matthysen, M Nicolaus… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Heterogeneous selection is often proposed as a key mechanism maintaining repeatable
behavioral variation (“animal personality”) in wild populations. Previous studies largely …

Great tits and the city: Distribution of genomic diversity and gene–environment associations along an urbanization gradient

C Perrier, A Lozano del Campo… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization is a growing concern challenging the evolutionary potential of wild populations
by reducing genetic diversity and imposing new selection regimes affecting many key fitness …

The genomics of adaptation to climate in European great tit (Parus major) populations

JC Stonehouse, LG Spurgin, VN Laine… - Evolution …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The recognition that climate change is occurring at an unprecedented rate means that there
is increased urgency in understanding how organisms can adapt to a changing …

Divergence in evolutionary potential of life history traits among wild populations is predicted by differences in climatic conditions

S Chantepie, A Charmantier, B Delahaie… - Evolution …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Short-term adaptive evolution represents one of the primary mechanisms allowing species
to persist in the face of global change. Predicting the adaptive response at the species level …

Seasonal and environmental factors contribute to the variation in the gut microbiome: A large‐scale study of a small bird

M Liukkonen, J Muriel, J Martínez‐Padilla… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental variation can shape the gut microbiome, but broad/large‐scale data on
among and within‐population heterogeneity in the gut microbiome and the associated …

Fine-scale genetic structure and phenotypic divergence of a passerine bird population inhabiting a continuous Mediterranean woodland

J Garrido-Bautista, M Comas… - Royal Society …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Genetic differentiation between populations inhabiting ecologically different habitats might
appear because of limited dispersal and gene flow, which may lead to patterns of …

A high‐density SNP chip for genoty** great tit (Parus major) populations and its application to studying the genetic architecture of exploration behaviour

JM Kim, AW Santure, HJ Barton… - Molecular Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
High‐density SNP microarrays (“SNP chips”) are a rapid, accurate and efficient method for
genoty** several hundred thousand polymorphisms in large numbers of individuals. While …

How interacting anthropogenic pressures alter the plasticity of breeding time in two common songbirds

P Cuchot, T Bonnet, O Dehorter, P Henry… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Phenological adjustment is the first line of adaptive response of vertebrates when
seasonality is disrupted by climate change. The prevailing response is to reproduce earlier …

Host specificity driving genetic structure and diversity in ectoparasite populations: Coevolutionary patterns in Apodemus mice and their lice

J Martinů, V Hypša, J Štefka - Ecology and evolution, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A degree of host specificity, manifested by the processes of host–parasite cospeciations and
host switches, is assumed to be a major determinant of parasites' evolution. To understand …