Outputs (4)

Population genetic diversity and historical dynamics of Fraser’s dolphins Lagenodelphis hosei (2020)
Journal Article
Chen, I., Nishida, S., Chou, L., Isobe, T., Mignucci-Giannoni, A., & Hoelzel, A. (2020). Population genetic diversity and historical dynamics of Fraser’s dolphins Lagenodelphis hosei. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 643, 183-195. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13268

Marine organisms face relatively few barriers to gene flow, and yet even highly mobile species such as dolphins often show population structure over regional geographic scales. Understanding the processes that promote this pattern of differentiation... Read More about Population genetic diversity and historical dynamics of Fraser’s dolphins Lagenodelphis hosei.

Demography and adaptation promoting evolutionary transitions in a mammalian genus that diversified during the Pleistocene (2020)
Journal Article
De Jong, M., Li, Z., Qin, Y., Quemere, E., Baker, K., Wang, W., & Hoelzel, A. (2020). Demography and adaptation promoting evolutionary transitions in a mammalian genus that diversified during the Pleistocene. Molecular Ecology, 29(15), 2777-2792. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15450

Species that evolved in temperate regions during the Pleistocene experienced periods of extreme climatic transitions. Consequent population fragmentation and dynamics had the potential to generate small, isolated populations where the influence of ge... Read More about Demography and adaptation promoting evolutionary transitions in a mammalian genus that diversified during the Pleistocene.

Sex-specific impact of inbreeding on pathogen load in the striped dolphin (2020)
Journal Article
Gkafas, G. A., de Jong, M., Exadactylos, A., Raga, J. A., Aznar, F. J., & Hoelzel, A. R. (2020). Sex-specific impact of inbreeding on pathogen load in the striped dolphin. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1922), Article 20200195. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0195

The impact of inbreeding on fitness has been widely studied and provides consequential inference about adaptive potential and the impact on survival for reduced and fragmented natural populations. Correlations between heterozygosity and fitness are c... Read More about Sex-specific impact of inbreeding on pathogen load in the striped dolphin.

Phylogenomics of the genus Tursiops and closely related Delphininae reveals extensive reticulation among lineages and provides inference about eco-evolutionary drivers (2020)
Journal Article
Moura, A. E., Shreves, K., Pilot, M., Andrews, K. R., Moore, D. M., Kishida, T., Möller, L., Natoli, A., Gaspari, S., McGowen, M., Chen, I., Gray, H., Gore, M., Culloch, R. M., Kiani, M. S., Sarrouf Willson, M., Bulushi, A., Collins, T., Baldwin, R., Willson, A., …Rus Hoelzel, A. (2020). Phylogenomics of the genus Tursiops and closely related Delphininae reveals extensive reticulation among lineages and provides inference about eco-evolutionary drivers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 146, Article 106756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106756

Phylogeographic inference has provided extensive insight into the relative roles of geographical isolation and ecological processes during evolutionary radiations. However, the importance of cross-lineage admixture in facilitating adaptive radiations... Read More about Phylogenomics of the genus Tursiops and closely related Delphininae reveals extensive reticulation among lineages and provides inference about eco-evolutionary drivers.