Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition

S Hoban, FI Archer, LD Bertola, JG Bragg… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity underlies ecosystem resilience, ecosystem function, sustainable economies,
and human well‐being. Understanding how biodiversity sustains ecosystems under …

Evolving spatial conservation prioritization with intraspecific genetic data

M Andrello, C D'aloia, A Dalongeville… - Trends in ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Spatial conservation prioritization (SCP) is a planning framework used to identify new
conservation areas on the basis of the spatial distribution of species, ecosystems, and their …

Druggable growth dependencies and tumor evolution analysis in patient-derived organoids of neuroendocrine neoplasms from multiple body sites

TL Dayton, N Alcala, L Moonen, L den Hartigh… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) comprise well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors
(NETs) and poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs). Treatment options for …

An empirical comparison of population genetic analyses using microsatellite and SNP data for a species of conservation concern

SJ Zimmerman, CL Aldridge, SJ Oyler-McCance - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background Use of genomic tools to characterize wildlife populations has increased in
recent years. In the past, genetic characterization has been accomplished with more …

Working across space and time: nonstationarity in ecological research and application

CR Rollinson, AO Finley, MR Alexander… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological research increasingly considers integrative relationships among phenomena at
broad spatial and temporal domains. However, such large‐scale inferences are commonly …

Monitoring status and trends in genetic diversity for the Convention on Biological Diversity: An ongoing assessment of genetic indicators in nine countries

S Hoban, JM da Silva, A Mastretta‐Yanes… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent scientific evidence shows that genetic diversity must be maintained, managed, and
monitored to protect biodiversity and nature's contributions to people. Three genetic diversity …

Neutral and adaptive genetic diversity in plants: An overview

MY Chung, J Merilä, J Li, K Mao… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Genetic diversity is a prerequisite for evolutionary change in all kinds of organisms. It is
generally acknowledged that populations lacking genetic variation are unable to evolve in …

The parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti exists predominantly as populations of long-lived asexual lineages

R Cole, N Holroyd, A Tracey, M Berriman… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Nematodes are important parasites of people and animals, and in natural ecosystems they
are a major ecological force. Strongyloides ratti is a common parasitic nematode of wild rats …

To mix or not to mix gene pools for threatened species management? Few studies use genetic data to examine the risks of both actions, but failing to do so leads …

E Liddell, P Sunnucks, CN Cook - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Many small, isolated populations lose genetic variation and suffer inbreeding, increasing
their extinction risk. Augmenting gene flow may alleviate these issues if populations are …

Genetic diversity of Ethiopian durum wheat landraces

K Negisho, S Shibru, K Pillen, F Ordon, G Wehner - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Genetic diversity and population structure assessment in crops is essential for marker trait
association, marker assisted breeding and crop germplasm conservation. We analyzed a set …