Polygenic adaptation: a unifying framework to understand positive selection

N Barghi, J Hermisson, C Schlötterer - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Most adaption processes have a polygenic genetic basis, but even with the recent explosive
growth of genomic data we are still lacking a unified framework describing the dynamics of …

Lake sedimentary DNA research on past terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity: Overview and recommendations

E Capo, C Giguet-Covex, A Rouillard, K Nota… - Quaternary, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of lake sedimentary DNA to track the long-term changes in both terrestrial and
aquatic biota is a rapidly advancing field in paleoecological research. Although largely …

Environmental DNA time series in ecology

M Balint, M Pfenninger, HP Grossart, P Taberlet… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2018 - cell.com
Ecological communities change in time and space, but long-term dynamics at the century-to-
millennia scale are poorly documented due to lack of relevant data sets. Nevertheless …

Detection of introduced and resident marine species using environmental DNA metabarcoding of sediment and water

LE Holman, M de Bruyn, S Creer, G Carvalho… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys are increasingly being used for biodiversity monitoring,
principally because they are sensitive and can provide high resolution community …

New insights on lake sediment DNA from the catchment: Importance of taphonomic and analytical issues on the record quality

C Giguet-Covex, GF Ficetola, K Walsh, J Poulenard… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Over the last decade, an increasing number of studies have used lake sediment DNA to
trace past landscape changes, agricultural activities or human presence. However, the …

Sedimentary eDNA provides different information on timescale and fish species composition compared with aqueous eDNA

MK Sakata, S Yamamoto, RO Gotoh, M Miya… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis has been applied to the monitoring of various
ecosystems and taxa, and the characteristics of aqueous eDNA have been previously …

Towards the optimization of eDNA/eRNA sampling technologies for marine biosecurity surveillance

HA Bowers, X Pochon, U von Ammon, N Gemmell… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The field of eDNA is growing exponentially in response to the need for detecting rare and
invasive species for management and conservation decisions. Developing technologies and …

Contributions of Quaternary botany to modern ecology and biogeography

HJB Birks - Plant Ecology & Diversity, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

A worldwide meta-analysis (1977–2020) of sediment core dating using fallout radionuclides including 137Cs and 210Pbxs

A Foucher, PA Chaboche, P Sabatier… - Earth System Science …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
Dating recent sediment archives (< 150 years) constitutes a prerequisite for environmental
and climatic reconstructions. Radiocaesium (137 Cs) emitted during thermonuclear bomb …

Century-long homogenization of algal communities is accelerated by nutrient enrichment and climate warming in lakes and reservoirs of the north temperate zone

S Huo, H Zhang, ME Monchamp, R Wang… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Anthropogenic pressures can threaten lake and reservoir ecosystems, leading to harmful
algal blooms that have become globally widespread. However, patterns of phytoplankton …