Historical and contemporary processes driving the origin and structure of an admixed population within a contact zone between subspecies of a north temperate …

A Liu, A Geraldes, EB Taylor - Molecular Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridization between divergent lineages can result in losses of distinct evolutionary taxa.
Alternatively, hybridization can lead to increased genetic variability that may fuel local …

Post‐glacial recolonization and multiple scales of secondary contact contribute to contemporary Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) genomic variation in North America

CM Nugent, T Kess, BL Langille, SV Beck… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim In northern environments, periods of isolation during Pleistocene glaciations and
subsequent recolonization and secondary contact have had a significant influence on …

Loci associated with maturation, migration and appetite control are linked with signals of fine-scale local selection in a large Atlantic salmon population

A Miettinen, J Dannewitz, S Palm, EP Ahi… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Insights into the genetic basis of local adaptation and drivers of population differentiation
improve our understanding of evolution and the maintenance of biological diversity …

Monitoring genome-wide diversity over contemporary time with new indicators applied to Arctic charr populations

A Saha, S Kurland, VE Kutschera… - Conservation …, 2024 - Springer
Genetic diversity is fundamental to the adaptive potential and survival of species. Although
its importance has long been recognized in science, it has a history of neglect within policy …

Ecological opportunity leads to higher diversity and probability of trophic specialization in Arctic charr

S Fenton, CW Bean, SAM Martin… - … Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the extrinsic factors that drive the emergence of biological diversity is critical
to its protection and management. However, even superficially similar local environments …