Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition

S Hoban, FI Archer, LD Bertola, JG Bragg… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity underlies ecosystem resilience, ecosystem function, sustainable economies,
and human well‐being. Understanding how biodiversity sustains ecosystems under …

Genome evolution and the future of phylogenomics of non-avian reptiles

DC Card, WB Jennings, SV Edwards - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary As a group of organisms, non-avian reptiles, most of which are the~
11,000 species of lizards and snakes, are an extraordinarily diverse group, displaying a …

From Gondwana to the Yellow Sea, evolutionary diversifications of true toads Bufo sp. in the Eastern Palearctic and a revisit of species boundaries for Asian lineages

SN Othman, SN Litvinchuk, I Maslova, H Dahn… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Taxa with vast distribution ranges often display unresolved phylogeographic structures and
unclear taxonomic boundaries resulting in hidden diversity. This hypothesis-driven study …

Limited introgression between rock-wallabies with extensive chromosomal rearrangements

S Potter, JG Bragg, R Turakulov… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Chromosome rearrangements can result in the rapid evolution of hybrid incompatibilities.
Robertsonian fusions, particularly those with monobrachial homology, can drive …

Biodiversity protection against anthropogenic climate change: Conservation prioritization of Castanea sativa in the South Caucasus based on genetic and ecological …

B Beridze, K Sękiewicz, Ł Walas… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The climate drives species distribution and genetic diversity; the latter defines the
adaptability of populations and species. The ongoing climate crisis induces tree decline in …

Incorporating genetic measures of connectivity and adaptation in marine spatial planning for corals

C Riginos, M Beger - Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration in the …, 2022 - Springer
Marine protected areas are an important tool to recover and protect coral reef biodiversity.
Connected networks of individual marine protected areas enhance system-wide resilience …

Genome‐scale phylogeography resolves the native population structure of the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky)

M Cui, Y Wu, M Javal, I Giguère, G Roux… - Evolutionary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐assisted movement has allowed the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB, Anoplophora
glabripennis (Motschulsky)) to spread beyond its native range and become a globally …

Evidence for widespread gene flow and migration in the Globe Skimmer dragonfly Pantala flavescens

J Ware, MK Kohli, CM Mendoza, D Troast… - International Journal of …, 2022 - diva-portal.org
The global population structure and dispersal patterns of Pantala flavescens (Fabricius,
1798) are evaluated using a geographically extensive mitochondrial DNA dataset, a more …

Population Genomic Scans for Natural Selection and Demography

X Cheng, M Steinrücken - Annual Review of Genetics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Uncovering the fundamental processes that shape genomic variation in natural populations
is a primary objective of population genetics. These processes include demographic effects …

Comparative phylogeography and genetic diversity of two co-occurring anti-tropical krill species Hansarsia megalops and Thysanoessa gregaria in the Atlantic …

DN Kulagin, UV Simakova, AA Lunina… - ICES Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Hansarsia megalops and Thysanoessa gregaria are two abundant krill species in the warm-
temperate belts in the North and South Atlantic. This pattern of disjunct distribution, often …