Deleterious mutations decrease reproductive fitness and are ubiquitous in genomes. Given
that many organisms face ongoing threats of extinction, there is interest in elucidating the …

Genomic data are becoming increasingly affordable and easy to collect, and new tools for
their analysis are appearing rapidly. Conservation biologists are interested in using this …

Comparative whole-genome analyses hold great power to illuminate commonalities and
differences in the evolution of related species that share similar ecologies. The mustelid …

Twentieth century industrial whaling pushed several species to the brink of extinction, with
fin whales being the most impacted. However, a small, resident population in the Gulf of …

Deleterious genetic variation is abundant in wild populations, and understanding the
ecological and conservation implications of such variation is an area of active research …

Island ecosystems provide natural laboratories to assess the impacts of isolation on
population persistence. However, most studies of persistence have focused on a single …

Across the natural sciences, humans are typically conceptualized as external disruptors of
nature rather than adaptable components of it. Historical evidence, however, challenges this …

Small and isolated wildlife populations face numerous threats to extinction, among which is
the deterioration of fitness due to an accumulation of deleterious genetic variation. Genomic …

Wildlife populations are becoming increasingly fragmented by anthropogenic development.
Small and isolated populations often face an elevated risk of extinction, in part due to …

Individual dispersal plays an important role in preserving genetic diversity in density‐
fluctuating populations of arvicoline rodents. When habitats are fragmented and dispersal …