The kākāpō is a critically endangered, intensively managed, long-lived nocturnal parrot
endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand. We generated and analysed whole-genome sequence …

For small and isolated populations, the increased chance of mating between related
individuals can result in a substantial reduction in individual and population fitness. Despite …

Inbreeding can lead to a loss of heterozygosity in a population and when combined with
genetic drift may reduce the adaptive potential of a species. However, there is uncertainty …

Structural variants (SVs) are large rearrangements (> 50 bp) within the genome that impact
gene function and the content and structure of chromosomes. As a result, SVs are a …

Projected rates of climate change over the next century are expected to force species to shift
ranges, adapt or acclimate to evade extinction. Predicting which of these scenarios may be …

Spatial models show that genetic differentiation between populations can be explained by
factors ranging from geographic distance to environmental resistance across the landscape …

Bromus tectorum L. is arguably the most successful invasive weed in the world. It has
fundamentally altered arid ecosystems of the western United States, where it now found on …

A high‐quality reference genome can be a valuable resource for threatened species by
providing a foundation to assess their evolutionary potential to adapt to future pressures …

Sympatric adaptive phenotypic divergence should be underlain by genomic differentiation
between subpopulations. When divergence drives similar patterns of phenotypic and …

The genetic basis of traits shapes and constrains how adaptation proceeds in nature; rapid
adaptation can proceed using stores of polygenic standing genetic variation or hard …