Inbreeding depression (reduced fitness of individuals with related parents) has long been a
major focus of ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. Despite decades of research …

Dispersal is a key demographic process involving three stages: emigration, transience and
settlement; each of which is influenced by individual, social and environmental …

The observation that small isolated populations often suffer reduced fitness from inbreeding
depression has guided conservation theory and practice for decades. However …

Advances in genome technology have facilitated a new understanding of the historical and
genetic processes crucial to rapid phenotypic evolution under domestication,. To understand …

Protection of populations comprising admixed genomes is a challenge under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA), which is regarded as the most powerful species protection …

Allelic richness (number of alleles) is a measure of genetic diversity indicative of a
population's long-term potential for adaptability and persistence. It is used less commonly …

High-throughput genotyping technologies developed for model species can potentially
increase the resolution of demographic history and ancestry in wild relatives. We use a SNP …

Morphological diversity within closely related species is an essential aspect of evolution and
adaptation. Mutations in the Melanocortin 1 receptor (Mc1r) gene contribute to pigmentary …

Computer simulations are excellent tools for understanding the evolutionary and genetic
consequences of complex processes whose interactions cannot be analytically predicted …

Predator control and sport hunting are often used to reduce predator populations and
livestock depredations,–but the efficacy of lethal control has rarely been tested. We …