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In the journals Gazave E, L Ma, D Chang, A Coventry, F Gao, D Muzny, E Boerwinkle, RA Gibbs, CF Sing, AG Clark, and A Keinan. 2013. Neutral genomic regions refine models of recent rapid human population growth PNAS doi: … Continue reading →

In the journals Castillo JA, CW Epps, AR Davis, SA Cushman. 2014. Landscape effects on gene flow for a climate-sensitive montane species, the American pika. Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/mec.12650. Pikas are heat intolerant and restricted to cool microclimates, thus range … Continue reading →

In the journals Niskanen AK, LJ Kennedy, M Ruokonen, I Kojola, H Lohi, M Isomursu, E Jansson, T Pyhäjärvi, J Aspi, J. 2014. Balancing selection and heterozygote advantage in MHC loci of the bottlenecked Finnish wolf population. Molecular Ecology doi: … Continue reading →

In the journals Zanne AE, DC Tank, WK Cornwell, et al. 2013. Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments. Nature doi: 10.1038/nature12872. Here we show that woody clades successfully moved into freezing-prone environments by either possessing transport … Continue reading →

In the journals Althoff DM, KA Segraves, MTJ Johnson. 2013. Testing for coevolutionary diversification: linking pattern with process. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.11.003. In this review, we highlight potential mechanisms of coevolutionary diversification, outline approaches to examine this … Continue reading →

In the journals Nishino J. 2013. Detecting selection using time-series data of allele frequencies with multiple independent reference loci. G3. 3:2151-2161. doi: 10.1534/g3.113.008276. Recently, in 2013 Feder et al. proposed the frequency increment test (FIT), which evaluates natural selection at … Continue reading →

In the journals Petren, K. 2013. The evolution of landscape genetics. Evolution 67:3383–5 doi: 10.1111/evo.12278. Evolutionary landscape genetics is the study of how migration and population structure affects evolutionary processes. As a field it dates back to Sewall Wright and … Continue reading →

In the journals Caulfield T, Evans J, McGuire A, McCabe C, Bubela T, et al. (2013) Reflections on the Cost of “Low-Cost” Whole Genome Sequencing: Framing the Health Policy Debate. PLoS Biol 11(11): e1001699. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001699 Given the interest and significant … Continue reading →

In the journals Guillot, G., L. Schilling, E. Porcu, and M. Bevilacqua. n.d. Validity of covariance models for the analysis of geographical variation. ArXiv: 1311.4136v1. See also Haldane’s Sieve. We also outline how to construct alternative covariance models for the … Continue reading →

In the journals Sánchez-Guillén RA, A Córdoba-Aguilar, A Cordero-Rivera, M Wellenreuther. 2013. Genetic divergence predicts reproductive isolation in damselflies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12274. Our results indicate a positive and strong correlation between reproductive isolation and genetic distance using … Continue reading →