Stacks 2: Analytical methods for paired‐end sequencing improve RADseq‐based population genomics

NC Rochette, AG Rivera‐Colón… - Molecular ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
For half a century population genetics studies have put type II restriction endonucleases to
work. Now, coupled with massively‐parallel, short‐read sequencing, the family of RAD …

Common misconceptions in molecular ecology: echoes of the modern synthesis

SA Karl, RJ Toonen, WS Grant, BW Bowen - Molecular Ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The field of molecular ecology has burgeoned into a large discipline spurred on by technical
innovations that facilitate the rapid acquisition of large amounts of genotypic data, by the …

Sympatric speciation in the post “modern synthesis” era of evolutionary biology

CE Bird, I Fernandez-Silva, DJ Skillings, RJ Toonen - Evolutionary Biology, 2012 - Springer
Sympatric speciation is among the most controversial and challenging concepts in evolution.
There are a multitude of definitions of speciation alone, and when combined with the …

A decade of seascape genetics: contributions to basic and applied marine connectivity

KA Selkoe, CCD Aloia, ED Crandall, M Iacchei… - Marine Ecology …, 2016 - int-res.com
Seascape genetics, a term coined in 2006, is a fast growing area of population genetics that
draws on ecology, oceanography and geography to address challenges in basic …

Combined analyses of kinship and FST suggest potential drivers of chaotic genetic patchiness in high gene‐flow populations

M Iacchei, T Ben‐Horin, KA Selkoe, CE Bird… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We combine kinship estimates with traditional F‐statistics to explain contemporary drivers of
population genetic differentiation despite high gene flow. We investigate range‐wide …

Defining boundaries for ecosystem‐based management: A multispecies case study of marine connectivity across the Hawaiian archipelago

RJ Toonen, KR Andrews, IB Baums… - Journal of Marine …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Determining the geographic scale at which to apply ecosystem‐based management (EBM)
has proven to be an obstacle for many marine conservation programs. Generalizations …

Emergent patterns of population genetic structure for a coral reef community

KA Selkoe, OE Gaggiotti, ToBo Laboratory… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
What shapes variation in genetic structure within a community of codistributed species is a
central but difficult question for the field of population genetics. With a focus on the isolated …

Evolving coral reef conservation with genetic information

M Beger, KA Selkoe, E Treml, PH Barber… - Bulletin of Marine …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Targeted conservation and management programs are crucial for mitigating anthropogenic
threats to declining biodiversity. Although evolutionary processes underpin extant patterns of …

Global population genetic dynamics of a highly migratory, apex predator shark

AM Bernard, KA Feldheim, MR Heithaus… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge of genetic connectivity dynamics in the world's large‐bodied, highly
migratory, apex predator sharks across their global ranges is limited. One such species, the …

Genomics versus mtDNA for resolving stock structure in the silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)

DW Kraft, EE Conklin, EW Barba, M Hutchinson… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Conservation genetic approaches for elasmobranchs have focused on regions of the
mitochondrial genome or a handful of nuclear microsatellites. High-throughput sequencing …