Whole‐genome sequencing approaches for conservation biology: Advantages, limitations and practical recommendations

AP Fuentes‐Pardo, DE Ruzzante - Molecular ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Whole‐genome resequencing (WGR) is a powerful method for addressing fundamental
evolutionary biology questions that have not been fully resolved using traditional methods …

How fish population genomics can promote sustainable fisheries: A road map

L Andersson, D Bekkevold, F Berg… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Maintenance of genetic diversity in marine fishes targeted by commercial fishing is a grand
challenge for the future. Most of these species are abundant and therefore important for …

A fast, reproducible, high-throughput variant calling workflow for population genomics

CD Mirchandani, AJ Shultz… - Molecular Biology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The increasing availability of genomic resequencing data sets and high-quality reference
genomes across the tree of life present exciting opportunities for comparative population …

Population dynamics of Baltic herring since the Viking Age revealed by ancient DNA and genomics

LM Atmore, L Martínez-García… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The world's oceans are currently facing major stressors in the form of overexploitation and
anthropogenic climate change. The Baltic Sea was home to the first “industrial” fishery∼ 800 …

Genome architecture enables local adaptation of Atlantic cod despite high connectivity

JMI Barth, PR Berg, PR Jonsson, S Bonanomi… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptation to local conditions is a fundamental process in evolution; however, mechanisms
maintaining local adaptation despite high gene flow are still poorly understood. Marine …

Trans-oceanic genomic divergence of Atlantic cod ecotypes is associated with large inversions

PR Berg, B Star, C Pampoulie, IR Bradbury, P Bentzen… - Heredity, 2017 - nature.com
Chromosomal rearrangements such as inversions can play a crucial role in maintaining
polymorphism underlying complex traits and contribute to the process of speciation. In …

A chromosome-level assembly of the Atlantic herring genome—detection of a supergene and other signals of selection

ME Pettersson, CM Rochus, F Han, J Chen… - Genome …, 2019 - genome.cshlp.org
The Atlantic herring is a model species for exploring the genetic basis for ecological
adaptation, due to its huge population size and extremely low genetic differentiation at …

Ecological adaptation in Atlantic herring is associated with large shifts in allele frequencies at hundreds of loci

F Han, M Jamsandekar, ME Pettersson, L Su… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Atlantic herring is widespread in North Atlantic and adjacent waters and is one of the most
abundant vertebrates on earth. This species is well suited to explore genetic adaptation due …

Mixed-stock analysis of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus): a tool for identifying management units and complex migration dynamics

D Bekkevold, F Berg, P Polte, V Bartolino… - ICES Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We developed and validated a mixed-stock analysis (MSA) method with 59 single-
nucleotide polymorphisms selected from genome-wide data to assign individuals to …

Evolution of fast-growing piscivorous herring in the young Baltic Sea

J Goodall, ME Pettersson, U Bergström… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The circumstances under which species diversify to genetically distinct lineages is a
fundamental question in biology. Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) is an extremely …