Genetic diversity and population structure

The paper shows that local ancestry in hybrid swordtail fish populations is repeatable due to strong early selection, and this repeatability increases with deeper evolutionary divergence.

This study evaluates global genetic diversity protection by analyzing mitochondrial DNA and protected areas, identifying under-protected regions and their vulnerability to environmental changes.

This study assesses genomic variation in Fraxinus latifolia to inform conservation and EAB-resistance breeding strategies by analyzing population structure, diversity, and genomic offset across its range.

The paper introduces a hierarchical heuristic method for species delimitation under the multispecies coalescent model, showing improved performance over existing methods in simulated and empirical data.

This study reveals the genetic diversity and lineage divergence of lions, identifying two clades and estimating divergence times, while challenging previous assumptions about Indian lion origins and conservation needs.

This paper extends the IICR to larger sample sizes and identifies limitations of demographic inferential methods using simulations and real data.

This paper introduces a neural network method to estimate spatial demographic maps from SNP data, showing it can infer population density and dispersal rates across landscapes.

The paper assesses genetic health across Indian rhino populations to inform translocation strategies and management solutions for long-term survival.

The paper analyzes a hybrid zone between two North American toad species to assess the relationship between genetic divergence and selection, finding a weak correlation that suggests a history of secondary contact.

The paper investigates purifying selection in the rarest pine species, finding efficient purging of harmful variants despite extreme population size reduction.

This study examines genetic indicators in marginal and core populations of maritime pine, finding reduced genetic diversity and increased differentiation with geographic marginality, but no correlation between inbreeding and marginality.

The paper develops a framework combining genetic network analysis and population genetics to assess connectivity and diversity in woodland caribou with continuous distributions, revealing isolation by distance and genetic erosion at range boundaries.

The paper identifies ongoing hybridization between Alpine ibex and domestic goat using SNP analysis and phenotype data, revealing a hybrid swarm in specific regions.

This study analyzes genetic diversity and historical biogeography of Asian house mice subspecies using phylogenetic and demographic analyses.

This study identifies genes under selection in chimpanzee subspecies at a contact zone, linking environmental variation to genetic divergence and adaptation.

The paper introduces two new statistical tests, UMAT and ASTA, to detect deviations from Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium in highly polymorphic loci with or without ambiguous typing.

This study conducts a meta-analysis of genetic data from European saproxylic beetles to examine how historical and contemporary forest factors influence genetic diversity and population structure.

This study uses genome resequencing to analyze the evolutionary history and population structure of Fraser River salmon, identifying genetic groups, adaptive loci, and factors influencing their distribution.

This study uses mtDNA and SNP data to trace the dispersal history of Parnassius glacialis across the Japanese Archipelago, identifying two expansion routes and four genetic barriers.

The paper identifies three seed zones for conserving adaptive genomic diversity in American chestnut to restore disease-resistant populations across its historical range.

The paper examines how clownfish demographic responses to Pleistocene sea level changes are influenced by their host specialization, revealing resilience in generalists and bottlenecks in specialists.

This study examines how geographic peripherality and urbanization affect genetic diversity and differentiation in southern damselfly populations.

The paper sequences 133 Physalia genomes and analyzes citizen-science images to reveal five distinct lineages and four species, with geographic population structure and long-distance dispersal.

This study develops a high-density SNP array for reindeer and finds that small, isolated populations show rapid genetic variation loss and increased inbreeding, threatening their viability.

This study examines genetic connectivity of the invasive snail Callinina georgiana using mitochondrial and nuclear markers, finding high genetic admixture and mitonuclear discordance, with anthropogenic factors likely driving dispersal.

This study uses nextRAD sequencing to analyze the population genetics of bar-tailed godwits, revealing pre-LGM structure in Beringia and post-glacial westward colonization of Europe.

The paper sequenced the genome of the extinct Dokdo sea lion to clarify its evolutionary history and genetic diversity before extinction.

The paper uses fecal samples to analyze genetic connectivity in gaur and sambar in central India, revealing species-specific responses to habitat fragmentation and highlighting the need for multi-species conservation strategies.

The paper develops a method and tool for high-fidelity, large-scale microsatellite profiling, reducing stutter artifacts and enabling cost-effective analysis of over 150,000 microsatellites per sample.

The paper introduces TreeSwirl, a method to infer locus-specific mixture proportions from genome-wide allele frequencies, outperforming existing methods in accuracy and sensitivity.