Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...

The capacity to adapt is essential for a population to avoid extinction in a changing world and is recognized as a global conservation priority. Ad...

Nature Ecology & Evolution - Citizen science platforms must mitigate against the threat of generative AI

In vitro functional assays link alternative MC1R alleles to least weasels’ camouflage in environments with different winter snow, and population genomics sheds light on their evolutionary origin and b...

In vitro functional assays link alternative MC1R alleles to least weasels’ camouflage in environments with different winter snow, and population genomics sheds light on their evolutionary origin and b...

Drosophila suzukii is a globally invasive fruit fly that causes significant economic impacts on soft-skinned fruit crops. While its invasion history has been studied on a global scale, regional-scale ...

After the last ice age, species migrated into a newly deglaciated Scandinavia. Brown bear recolonization is thought to have occurred from two direc...

More than a century after two introduced pathogens killed billions of American chestnut trees, introgression of resistance alleles from Chinese chestnuts has contributed to the recovery of self-sustai...

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A capacity to adapt is essential for a population to avoid extinction in a changing world and is recognised as a global conservation priority. Adaptation requires additive (heritable) genetic variatio...

Replicated hybrid zones between ecotypes established over within shore environmental gradients provide an opportunity to study the genomic architecture of barriers to gene flow. The marine snail Litto...

Traits that affect organismal fitness are often highly genetically variable. This genetic variation is vital for populations to adapt to their environments, but it is also surprising given that natur...

Fostering scientific literacy is a key societal goal to equip individuals with skills to navigate and make informed decisions in an increasingly complex world. The development of project-based learnin...

Acclaimed conservationist and chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall has died, leaving behind a legacy of empathy for primates and the natural world

Phylogenetic variation, recombination rate evolution, and comparative genome structure and organization have typically been explored in isolation. The…

Abstract. Pleistocene climatic fluctuations have often driven range shifts and hybridization among related species, leaving present-day genomic footprints.

Text by Luísa Marins “Biodiversity Genomics Research Practices Require Harmonising to Meet Stakeholder Needs in Conservation” In a new publication, the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) members c...

The authors compare genomic and phenotypic changes between genetic backgrounds of seed beetles evolved at hot or cold temperatures. Despite phenotypic changes being more rapid and predictable at hot t...

Characterization of the genetic architecture underlying the 7 pairs of contrasting traits studied by Mendel and the over 70 additional agronomic traits in pea (Pisum sativum) reveals their m...