Elephant natural history: a genomic perspective

AL Roca, Y Ishida, AL Brandt… - Annu. Rev. Anim …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
We review DNA-based studies of elephants and recently extinct proboscideans. The
evidence indicates that little or no nuclear gene flow occurs between African savanna …

Population genomic analyses from low‐coverage RAD‐Seq data: a case study on the non‐model cucurbit bottle gourd

P Xu, S Xu, X Wu, Y Tao, B Wang, S Wang… - The Plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Restriction site‐associated DNA sequencing (RAD‐Seq), a next‐generation sequencing‐
based genome 'complexity reduction'protocol, has been useful in population genomics in …

Habitat fragmentation and genetic diversity in natural populations of the Bornean elephant: Implications for conservation

B Goossens, R Sharma, N Othman… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Bornean elephant population in Sabah, with only 2000 individuals, is currently mainly
restricted to a limited number of forest reserves. The main threats to the species' survival are …

Population genomic footprints of fine‐scale differentiation between habitats in Mediterranean blue tits

M Szulkin, PA Gagnaire, N Bierne… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Linking population genetic variation to the spatial heterogeneity of the environment is of
fundamental interest to evolutionary biology and ecology, in particular when phenotypic …

Population differentiation of 2 forms of Bryde's whales in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

F Kershaw, MS Leslie, T Collins, RM Mansur… - Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Accurate identification of units for conservation is particularly challenging for marine species
as obvious barriers to gene flow are generally lacking. Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera spp.) …

Elephant social systems: What do we know and how have molecular tools helped?

TK Athira, TNC Vidya - Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 2021 - Springer
We review studies of the social systems of the living elephants—the Asian elephant
(Elephas maximus), African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana), and African forest …

Genetic analyses favour an ancient and natural origin of elephants on Borneo

R Sharma, B Goossens, R Heller, R Rasteiro… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
The origin of the elephant on the island of Borneo remains elusive. Research has suggested
two alternative hypotheses: the Bornean elephant stems either from a recent introduction in …

Genome-Wide Mapping of Growth-Related Quantitative Trait Loci in Orange-Spotted Grouper (Epinephelus coioides) Using Double Digest Restriction-Site …

H Yu, X You, J Li, H Liu, Z Meng, L Xiao… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) is essential for the discovery of genetic structures that
related to complex quantitative traits. In this study, we identified 264,072 raw SNPs (single …

Single‐nucleotide polymorphism discovery and panel characterization in the African forest elephant

S Bourgeois, H Senn, J Kaden, JB Taggart… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The continuing decline in forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) numbers due to poaching and
habitat reduction is driving the search for new tools to inform management and conservation …

Less is more: extreme genome complexity reduction with dd RAD using Ion Torrent semiconductor technology

L Pukk, F Ahmad, S Hasan, V Kisand… - Molecular Ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Massively parallel sequencing a small proportion of the whole genome at high coverage
enables answering a wide range of questions from molecular evolution and evolutionary …