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 …

Genomic quantitative genetics to study evolution in the wild

P Gienapp, S Fior, F Guillaume, JR Lasky… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
Quantitative genetic theory provides a means of estimating the evolutionary potential of
natural populations. However, this approach was previously only feasible in systems where …

A beginner's guide to low‐coverage whole genome sequencing for population genomics

RN Lou, A Jacobs, AP Wilder… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐coverage whole genome sequencing (lcWGS) has emerged as a powerful and cost‐
effective approach for population genomic studies in both model and nonmodel species …

Genetic and genomic monitoring with minimally invasive sampling methods

EL Carroll, MW Bruford, JA DeWoody… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The decreasing cost and increasing scope and power of emerging genomic technologies
are reshaping the field of molecular ecology. However, many modern genomic approaches …

Selection against admixture and gene regulatory divergence in a long-term primate field study

TP Vilgalys, AS Fogel, JA Anderson, RS Mututua… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Genetic admixture is central to primate evolution. We combined 50 years of field
observations of immigration and group demography with genomic data from~ 9 generations …

Practical low‐coverage genomewide sequencing of hundreds of individually barcoded samples for population and evolutionary genomics in nonmodel species

NO Therkildsen, SR Palumbi - Molecular ecology resources, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Today most population genomic studies of nonmodel organisms either sequence a subset of
the genome deeply in each individual or sequence pools of unlabelled individuals. With a …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic models developed for plains zebras predict age in domestic horses and endangered equids

B Larison, GM Pinho, A Haghani, JA Zoller… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Effective conservation and management of threatened wildlife populations require an
accurate assessment of age structure to estimate demographic trends and population …

[HTML][HTML] Methylation-based enrichment facilitates low-cost, noninvasive genomic scale sequencing of populations from feces

KL Chiou, CM Bergey - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Obtaining high-quality samples from wild animals is a major obstacle for genomic studies of
many taxa, particularly at the population level, as collection methods for such samples are …

Primate microbiomes over time: Longitudinal answers to standing questions in microbiome research

JR Björk, M Dasari, L Grieneisen… - American journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
To date, most insights into the processes shaping vertebrate gut microbiomes have emerged
from studies with cross‐sectional designs. While this approach has been valuable, emerging …

The genomics of ecological flexibility, large brains, and long lives in capuchin monkeys revealed with fecalFACS

JD Orkin, MJ Montague… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Ecological flexibility, extended lifespans, and large brains have long intrigued evolutionary
biologists, and comparative genomics offers an efficient and effective tool for generating new …