Genomic analyses capture the human-induced demographic collapse and recovery in a wide-ranging cervid

C Kessler, ABA Shafer - Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The glacial cycles of the Quaternary heavily impacted species through successions of
population contractions and expansions. Similarly, populations have been intensely shaped …

Speciation without gene‐flow in hybridizing deer

C Kessler, E Wootton, ABA Shafer - Molecular Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Under the ecological speciation model, divergent selection acts on ecological differences
between populations, gradually creating barriers to gene flow and ultimately leading to …

Distinct mtDNA lineages in free‐ranging Ammotragus(aoudad) from the United States indicate multiple introductions from northern Africa

EA Wright, RC Wiedmeier, EK Roberts… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Translocation records indicate aoudad (Ammotragus lervia) populations in the United States
are a product of multiple human‐mediated introductions. Two mitochondrial markers …

The efficacy of single mitochondrial genes at reconciling the complete mitogenome phylogeny—a case study on dwarf chameleons

DC Main, JM Taft, AJ Geneva, BJ Vuuren, KA Tolley - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Although genome-scale data generation is becoming more tractable for phylogenetics, there
are large quantities of single gene fragment data in public repositories and such data are …

Surrounded by Kindred: Spermophilus major Hybridization with Other Spermophilus Species in Space and Time

A Tukhbatullin, O Ermakov, S Kapustina, V Starikov… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The role of hybridization in biological evolution and cases of hybridogenic
speciation is one of the most complicated but also interesting and actively studied topics …

Low genetic diversity among introduced axis deer: comments on the genetic paradox and invasive species

MJ Buchholz, EA Wright, BA Grisham… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Human-mediated introductions and subsequent establishment and spread of nonnative
species have the potential to create a founder effect in such populations, which typically …

Relationships among North American deer based on mitochondrial DNA and ultraconserved elements, with comments on mito-nuclear discordance

LB Klicka, N Najar, H Vázquez-Miranda, RM Zink - Mammal Research, 2024 - Springer
Despite their economic, cultural, and ecological significance, the phylogenetic relationships
among North American deer remain uncertain, due in part to discordance between …

Contemporary hybridization between female mule deer and male white-tailed deer in west Texas differs from the hypothesized sex mating patterns recovered from …

EA Wright, JV Bayouth, JP Bayouth… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Introgressive hybridization between members of Odocoileus was examined using the
mitochondrial cytochrome-b (maternal marker) and paternal sex-determining region Y (Sry) …

Rapid molecular species identification of mammalian scat samples using nanopore adaptive sampling

LE Frank, LL Lindsey, EJ Kipp, C Faulk… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Accurate taxonomic species identification is essential to the study of mammals. Despite this
necessity, rapid and accurate identification of cryptic, understudied, and elusive mammals …

The Roles Of Forage Quality, Predation Risk, and Anthropogenic Development on the Resource Selection and Behavior of White-tailed Deer

MA Wuensch - 2024 - rave.ohiolink.edu
White-tailed deer are one of the most widespread mammalian herbivores throughout both
North and South America. Throughout much of this broad geographic range, deer …