Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s,
averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result …

A fundamental goal in evolutionary biology is to understand the genetic architecture of
adaptive traits. Using whole-genome data of 3955 of Darwin's finches on the Galápagos …

In many organisms, rapidly changing environmental conditions are inducing dramatic shifts
in diverse phenotypic traits with consequences for fitness and population viability. However …

When populations colonize new areas, both strong selection and strong drift can be
experienced due to novel environments and small founding populations, respectively …

Inbreeding may increase the extinction risk of small populations. Yet, studies using modern
genomic tools to investigate inbreeding depression in nature have been limited to single …

From the northernmost tip of Scandinavia to the southernmost corner of Patagonia, and
across six continents, house sparrows (Passer domesticus) inhabit most human-modified …

To predict if a threatened species can adapt to changing selective pressures, it is crucial to
understand the genetic basis of adaptive traits, especially in species historically affected by …

Meiotic recombination through chromosomal crossing-over is a fundamental feature of sex
and an important driver of genomic diversity. It ensures proper disjunction, allows increased …

Genome-wide association studies provide good opportunities for studying the genetic basis
of adaptive traits in wild populations. Yet, previous studies often failed to identify major effect …

An organism's energy budget is strongly related to resource consumption, performance, and
fitness. Hence, understanding the evolution of key energetic traits, such as basal metabolic …