Beyond biodiversity: Can environmental DNA (eDNA) cut it as a population genetics tool?

CIM Adams, M Knapp, NJ Gemmell, GJ Jeunen… - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
Population genetic data underpin many studies of behavioral, ecological, and evolutionary
processes in wild populations and contribute to effective conservation management …

The evolution of comparative phylogeography: putting the geography (and more) into comparative population genomics

SV Edwards, VV Robin, N Ferrand… - Genome Biology and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Comparative population genomics is an ascendant field using genomic comparisons
between species to draw inferences about forces regulating genetic variation. Comparative …

Pervasive introgression facilitated domestication and adaptation in the Bos species complex

DD Wu, XD Ding, S Wang, JM Wójcik… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Species of the Bos genus, including taurine cattle, zebu, gayal, gaur, banteng, yak, wisent
and bison, have been domesticated at least four times and have been an important source …

Incomplete lineage sorting rather than hybridization explains the inconsistent phylogeny of the wisent

K Wang, JA Lenstra, L Liu, Q Hu, T Ma, Q Qiu… - Communications …, 2018 - nature.com
The wisent or European bison is the largest European herbivore and is completely cross-
fertile with its American relative. However, mtDNA genome of wisent is similar to that of …

Spatiotemporal landscape genetics: Investigating ecology and evolution through space and time

LE Fenderson, AI Kovach, B Llamas - Molecular Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic time‐series data from historical samples greatly facilitate inference of past
population dynamics and species evolution. Yet, although climate and landscape change …

Evolution and domestication of the Bovini species

K Zhang, JA Lenstra, S Zhang, W Liu, J Liu - Animal Genetics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Domestication of the Bovini species (taurine cattle, zebu, yak, river buffalo and swamp
buffalo) since the early Holocene (ca. 10 000 BCE) has contributed significantly to the …

Hunter-gatherers across the great Adriatic-Po region during the Last Glacial Maximum: Environmental and cultural dynamics

M Peresani, G Monegato, C Ravazzi, S Bertola… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 30 to 16.5 ka ago), the Great Adriatic-Po
Region (GAPR) was deeply affected by the spread of glaciers from the Alps to the southern …

A systematic investigation of human DNA preservation in medieval skeletons

C Parker, AB Rohrlach, S Friederich, S Nagel… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Ancient DNA (aDNA) analyses necessitate the destructive sampling of archaeological
material. Currently, the cochlea, part of the osseous inner ear located inside the petrous …

Species definitions and conservation: a review and case studies from African mammals

CP Groves, FPD Cotterill, S Gippoliti, J Robovský… - Conservation …, 2017 - Springer
The nature of species, especially as applied to large mammals, is of major concern in
conservation. Here, we briefly comment on recent thinking in alpha taxonomy, and assert …

Ancient DNA of narrow-headed vole reveal common features of the Late Pleistocene population dynamics in cold-adapted small mammals

M Baca, D Popović… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The narrow-headed vole, collared lemming and common vole were the most abundant small
mammal species across the Eurasian Late Pleistocene steppe-tundra environment …