A road map for molecular ecology

RL Andrew, L Bernatchez, A Bonin… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The discipline of molecular ecology has undergone enormous changes since the journal
bearing its name was launched approximately two decades ago. The field has seen great …

Widespread phenotypic and genetic divergence along altitudinal gradients in animals

I Keller, JM Alexander, R Holderegger… - Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Altitudinal gradients offer valuable study systems to investigate how adaptive genetic
diversity is distributed within and between natural populations and which factors promote or …

The effects of phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation on forecasts of species range shifts under climate change

F Valladares, S Matesanz, F Guilhaumon… - Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Species are the unit of analysis in many global change and conservation biology studies;
however, species are not uniform entities but are composed of different, sometimes locally …

Breaking RAD: An evaluation of the utility of restriction site‐associated DNA sequencing for genome scans of adaptation

DB Lowry, S Hoban, JL Kelley, KE Lotterhos, LK Reed… - 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how and why populations evolve is of fundamental importance to molecular
ecology. Restriction site‐associated DNA sequencing (RAD seq), a popular reduced …

Population genomic signatures of divergent adaptation, gene flow and hybrid speciation in the rapid radiation of L ake V ictoria cichlid fishes

I Keller, CE Wagner, L Greuter, S Mwaiko… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptive radiations are an important source of biodiversity and are often characterized by
many speciation events in very short succession. It has been proposed that the high …

Individual heterozygosity predicts translocation success in threatened desert tortoises

PA Scott, LJ Allison, KJ Field, RC Averill-Murray… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Anthropogenic environmental modification is placing as many as 1 million species at risk of
extinction. One management action for reducing extinction risk is translocation of individuals …

A genome-wide SNP genotyping array reveals patterns of global and repeated species-pair divergence in sticklebacks

FC Jones, YF Chan, J Schmutz, J Grimwood, SD Brady… - Current biology, 2012 - cell.com
Genes underlying repeated adaptive evolution in natural populations are still largely
unknown. Stickleback fish (Gasterosteus aculeatus) have undergone a recent dramatic …

Pleistocene glacial cycles drive isolation, gene flow and speciation in the high‐elevation Andes

B Nevado, N Contreras‐Ortiz, C Hughes… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain ranges are amongst the most species‐rich habitats, with many large and rapid
evolutionary radiations. The tempo and mode of diversification in these systems are key …

Genetic differentiation within multiple common grassland plants supports seed transfer zones for ecological restoration

W Durka, SG Michalski, KW Berendzen… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological restoration of grasslands is increasingly based on regional seeds derived from
predefined seed transfer zones. However, the degree and spatial pattern of genetic …

Widespread signals of convergent adaptation to high altitude in Asia and America

M Foll, OE Gaggiotti, JT Daub, A Vatsiou… - The American Journal of …, 2014 - cell.com
Living at high altitude is one of the most difficult challenges that humans had to cope with
during their evolution. Whereas several genomic studies have revealed some of the genetic …