Deep learning as a tool for ecology and evolution

ML Borowiec, RB Dikow, PB Frandsen… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Deep learning is driving recent advances behind many everyday technologies, including
speech and image recognition, natural language processing and autonomous driving. It is …

[PDF][PDF] Deep learning in population genetics

K Korfmann, OE Gaggiotti… - Genome Biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Population genetics is transitioning into a data-driven discipline thanks to the availability of
large-scale genomic data and the need to study increasingly complex evolutionary …

Unsupervised machine learning for species delimitation, integrative taxonomy, and biodiversity conservation

RA Pyron - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
Integrative taxonomy, combining data from multiple axes of biologically relevant variation, is
a major goal of systematics. Ideally, such taxonomies will derive from similarly integrative …

Congruent evolutionary responses of European steppe biota to late Quaternary climate change

P Kirschner, MF Perez, E Záveská, I Sanmartín… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Quaternary climatic oscillations had a large impact on European biogeography. Alternation
of cold and warm stages caused recurrent glaciations, massive vegetation shifts, and large …

The sweet tabaiba or there and back again: phylogeographical history of the Macaronesian Euphorbia balsamifera

M Rincón-Barrado, T Villaverde, MF Perez… - Annals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Biogeographical relationships between the Canary Islands
and north-west Africa are often explained by oceanic dispersal and geographical proximity …

Revisiting phylogeny, systematics, and biogeography of a Pleistocene radiation

M Romeiro‐Brito, G Khan, MF Perez… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Premise Pilosocereus (Cactaceae) is an important dry forest element in all
subregions and transitional zones of the neotropics, with the highest diversity in eastern …

Comparative phylogeography reveals the demographic patterns of neotropical ancient mountain species

MV Dantas‐Queiroz, F Hurbath… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mountains are renowned for their bountiful biodiversity. Explanations on the origin of such
abundant life are usually regarded to their orogenic history. However, ancient mountain …

Evolutionary genetics of cacti: research biases, advances and prospects

FF Franco, DT Amaral, IAS Bonatelli, M Romeiro-Brito… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Here, we present a review of the studies of evolutionary genetics (phylogenetics, population
genetics, and phylogeography) using genetic data as well as genome scale assemblies in …

Capturing genetic diversity in seed collections: an empirical study of two congeners with contrasting mating systems

P Lu-Irving, JG Bragg, M Rossetto, K King, M O'Brien… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant mating systems shape patterns of genetic diversity and impact the long-term success
of populations. As such, they are relevant to the design of seed collections aiming to …

Artificial intelligence enables unified analysis of historical and landscape influences on genetic diversity

EM Fonseca, BC Carstens - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2024 - Elsevier
While genetic variation in any species is potentially shaped by a range of processes,
phylogeography and landscape genetics are largely concerned with inferring how …