Biello et al. present the first whole-genome analysis of Mediterranean fin whales, showing that although these form a distinct genetic cluster, they are not fully isolated from North Atlantic populations.
📷 Danny Kessler - dannykesslerphotography.com
Gene Flow and Habitat Heterogeneity Shape Coexistence Dynamics of Arctic Charr Morphs in Connected Lakes
We studied the phenotypic and genome-wide differentiation in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in two Icelandic lakes: Thingvallavatn, known to harbour four distinct morphs, and a smaller downstream lake, Ulfljotsvatn. Our analyses confirm a single origin of charr polymorphism in this system, with all morphs present in both lakes.
#popgen #fish #charr #evolution
The August cover of Genome Biology and Evolution features the work of Watanabe et al., who uncover the evolutionary history of the Hondo red fox, an endemic subspecies from the Japanese Archipelago.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf152
📷 Kazuki Shibata
#PopGen New preprint of the team on the discovery of a very high rate of polymorphic duplication in a marine bivalve.
Imagine looking at the distribution of the allelic coverage fraction at heterozygous calls in an indivdual and getting this distribution 👇 😱😱😱
100 downloads of my 'Genetic structure and relatedness of brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations in the drainage basin of the Ölfusá river, South-Western Iceland' article published in #OpenAccess journal @PeerJLife
GenomeBiolEvol
Nicolas Bierne
Daniel E. Weeks
Alexis Simon
charrvein
Flo Débarre