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 …

Prediction and estimation of effective population size

J Wang, E Santiago, A Caballero - Heredity, 2016 - nature.com
Effective population size (N e) is a key parameter in population genetics. It has important
applications in evolutionary biology, conservation genetics and plant and animal breeding …

Challenges in analysis and interpretation of microsatellite data for population genetic studies

AI Putman, I Carbone - Ecology and evolution, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Advancing technologies have facilitated the ever‐widening application of genetic markers
such as microsatellites into new systems and research questions in biology. In light of the …

Effects of overlapping generations on linkage disequilibrium estimates of effective population size

RS Waples, T Antao, G Luikart - Genetics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Use of single-sample genetic methods to estimate effective population size has skyrocketed
in recent years. Although the underlying models assume discrete generations, they are …

Understanding and estimating effective population size for practical application in marine species management

MP Hare, L Nunney, MK Schwartz… - Conservation …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Effective population size (Ne) determines the strength of genetic drift in a population and has
long been recognized as an important parameter for evaluating conservation status and …

Practical application of the linkage disequilibrium method for estimating contemporary effective population size: A review

RS Waples - Molecular Ecology Resources, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The method to estimate contemporary effective population size (N e) based on patterns of
linkage disequilibrium (LD) at unlinked loci has been widely applied to natural and …

Severe consequences of habitat fragmentation on genetic diversity of an endangered Australian freshwater fish: A call for assisted gene flow

A Pavlova, LB Beheregaray, R Coleman… - Evolutionary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic diversity underpins the ability of populations to persist and adapt to environmental
changes. Substantial empirical data show that genetic diversity rapidly deteriorates in small …

Ocean's eleven: a critical evaluation of the role of population, evolutionary and molecular genetics in the management of wild fisheries

JR Ovenden, O Berry, DJ Welch… - Fish and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Significant changes have occurred in the well‐established partnership between fisheries
managers and geneticists over the last 50 years. It is therefore timely to review and …

Global Phylogeography with Mixed-Marker Analysis Reveals Male-Mediated Dispersal in the Endangered Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini)

TS Daly-Engel, KD Seraphin, KN Holland, JP Coffey… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background The scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, is a large endangered
predator with a circumglobal distribution, observed in the open ocean but linked …

Habitat‐driven population structure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the North‐East Atlantic

M Louis, A Viricel, T Lucas, H Peltier… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Despite no obvious barrier to gene flow, historical environmental processes and ecological
specializations can lead to genetic differentiation in highly mobile animals. Ecotypes …