Molecular Ecology

Papers
(The median citation count of Molecular Ecology is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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More complex than you think: Taxonomic and temporal patterns of plant–pollinator networks of caraway (Carum carvi L.)192
Genetic Adaptation to Brackish Water and Spawning Season in European Cisco140
The transcriptional state and chromatin landscape of cichlid jaw shape variation across species and environments93
Genetic and telomeric variability: Insights from a tropical avian hybrid zone64
Brazilian marine phylogeography: A literature synthesis and analysis of barriers57
Interspecies genome divergence is predominantly due to frequent small scale rearrangements in Eucalyptus56
Genomic, morphological and physiological data support fast ecotypic differentiation and incipient speciation in an alpine diving beetle54
Clones on the run: The genomics of a recently expanded partially clonal species54
The effect of divergent and parallel selection on the genomic landscape of divergence52
Evolutionary roles of polyploidization‐derived structural variations in the phenotypic diversification of Panax species50
Whole‐genome resequencing confirms reproductive isolation between sympatric demes of brown trout (Salmo trutta) detected with allozymes49
Bacterial communities in a subarctic stream network: Spatial and seasonal patterns of benthic biofilm and bacterioplankton48
DNA Methylation Dynamics Reflect Sex and Status Differences in Mortality Rates in a Polygynous Bat47
Ecology Not Genetic Covariance Explains Correlated Trait Divergence During Speciation47
The impacts of positive selection on genomic variation in Drosophila serrata: Insights from a deep learning approach46
Long‐read sequencing in ecology and evolution: Understanding how complex genetic and epigenetic variants shape biodiversity45
A genomic assessment of the marine‐speciation paradox within the toothed whale superfamily Delphinoidea45
Organellar DNA continues to provide a rich source of information in the genomics era45
Evolutionary History and Rhizosphere Microbial Community Composition in Domesticated Hops (Humulus lupulus L.)43
Grassland ecosystem type drives AM fungal diversity and functional guild distribution in North American grasslands43
Positive selection in gamete interaction proteins in Carnivora42
Discovery of XY Sex Chromosomes in Mauremys mutica Provides Insights Into the Role of KDM6B Gene in Coexistence of Temperature‐Dependent and Genetic Sex Determination42
Museomics Sheds Light on Evolutionary Diversity in a Critically Endangered Cockatoo Species From Wallacea42
Diving into the diversity of colour patterns in reef fishes41
Combined Evidence Reveals the Origin of a Rapid Range Expansion Despite Retained Genetic Diversity and a Weak Founder Effect40
Genomic analysis of a parasite invasion: Colonization of the Americas by the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni40
Out of the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau: Genomic biogeography of the alpine monospecific genus Megadenia (Biscutelleae, Brassicaceae)39
Decoding plant‐induced transcriptomic variability and consistency in two related polyphagous mites differing in host ranges39
Traits and tradeoffs among non‐native ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts affect pine seedling establishment in a Hawaiian coinvasion landscape38
Hybrid enrichment of adaptive variation revealed by genotype–environment associations in montane sedges38
Adaptive cellular evolution or cellular system drift in hares38
Association between parasite microbiomes and caste development and colony structure in a social trematode38
Genome‐wide SNP assessment of contemporary European red deer genetic structure highlights the distinction of peripheral populations and the main admixture zones in Europe37
Experimental evidence that root‐associated fungi improve plant growth at high altitude37
Acclimatory gene expression of primed clams enhances robustness to elevated pCO236
Understanding the role of temperature in seasonal timing: Effects on behavioural, physiological and molecular phenotypes36
Hypoxia as a physiological cue and pathological stress for coral larvae35
Demographic modelling helps track the rapid and recent divergence of a conifer species pair from Central Mexico35
Community‐wide correlations between species richness, abundance and population genomic diversity in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot35
Effect of urbanization and parasitism on the gut microbiota of Darwin's finch nestlings34
Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus34
Genomic divergence and introgression between cryptic species of a widespread North American songbird34
On the origin and structure of haplotype blocks34
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Ultraconserved Elements Reveal the Relationship Between Facultative Keratinophagy and Synanthropic Evolution in Clothes Moths33
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Convergent Evolutionary Dead‐End and Breakdown of Hard Chorion in Parental‐Egg‐Care Fish Reproductive Strategies33
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Demographic changes in Pleistocene sea turtles were driven by past sea level fluctuations affecting feeding habitat availability33
Infection by the Lungworm Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala Affects the Expression of Immune‐Related microRNAs by Its Co‐Evolved Host, the Cane Toad Rhinella marina32
Genetic responses in sexual diploid and unisexual triploid goldfish (Carassius auratus) introduced into a high‐altitude environment32
Environmental heterogeneity structures root‐associated fungal communities in Daphne arbuscula (Thymelaeaceae), a shrub adapted to extreme rocky habitats32
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Heterogeneous patterns of heterozygosity loss in isolated populations of the threatened eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii)32
Integrative biological analyses of responses to food deprivation reveal resilience mechanisms in sea urchin larvae32
Identification of a rapidly‐spreading triple mutant for high‐level metabolic insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae provides a real‐time molecular diagnostic for antimalarial intervention 31
Genome‐wide phylogeography reveals cryptic speciation in the circumglobal planktonic calcifier Limacina bulimoides31
Larger, more connected societies of ants have a higher prevalence of viruses31
Highly Expressed Odorant Receptor Orthologs Detect the Aggregation Pheromone Lineatin in Trypodendron Ambrosia Beetles31
Tidal gradients, fine‐scale homing and a potential cryptic ecotype of wild spawning pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)31
Genomic variation across Chinook salmon populations reveals effects of a duplication on migration alleles and supports fine scale structure31
Evolutionary ecology of denitrifying methanotrophic NC10 bacteria in the deep‐sea biosphere30
Primrose homostyles: A classic case of possible balancing selection revisited30
Large effective population size masks population genetic structure in Hirondellea amphipods within the deepest marine ecosystem, the Mariana Trench30
Satellite DNA evolution in Corvoidea inferred from short and long reads29
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Genome‐wide variant analyses reveal new patterns of admixture and population structure in Australian dingoes29
Historical Lead Contamination Linked to Atmospheric Deposition is Associated With Declines in Ectomycorrhizal Diversity and Shifts in Fungal Community Composition28
Nestling sex and behaviour determine the host preference of insect vectors in avian nests28
When do autopolyploids need poly‐sequencing data?28
Environmental conditions drive zooplankton community structure in the epipelagic oceanic water of the southern Gulf of Mexico: A molecular approach28
Regulation of host gene expression by gastrointestinal tract microbiota in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)27
An Early‐Life Disruption of Gut Microbiota Has Opposing Effects on Parasite Resistance in Two Host Species27
Characterizing feral swine movement across the contiguous United States using neural networks and genetic data27
Gene Expression Associated With Behaviour Manipulation in Wood Ants Infected With Larval Lancet Fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum27
Combined genome and transcriptome provides insight into the genetic evolution of an edible halophyte Suaeda salsa adaptation to high salinity27
The effect of a temperature‐sensitive prophage on the evolution of virulence in an opportunistic bacterial pathogen26
Reticulate and Hybrid Speciation is Promoted by Environmental Instability in an Indo‐Pacific Species Complex of Whistlers (Aves: Pachycephala )26
Phylogeography of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) throughout the USA identifies candidate loci for differences in vectorial capacity26
Variation in phenotypic plasticity across age‐at‐maturity genotypes in wild Atlantic salmon26
Recurrent Hybridisations During Diversification of One Rhododendron Species Complex26
Tracking population structure and phenology through time using ancient genomes from waterlogged white oak wood26
Phylogenetic diversity only weakly mitigates climate‐change‐driven biodiversity loss in insect communities26
Cophylogeny and specificity between cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.) at Mo′orea and their symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae)26
Genetic mixing in conservation translocations increases diversity of a keystone threatened species, Bettongia lesueur26
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Microbiomes associated with avian malaria survival differ between susceptible Hawaiian honeycreepers and sympatric malaria‐resistant introduced birds25
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Molecular mechanisms underlying plasticity in a thermally varying environment25
Semi‐quantitative metabarcoding reveals how climate shapes arthropod community assembly along elevation gradients on Hawaii Island25
Recent genetic exchanges and admixture shape the genome and population structure of the zoonotic pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum25
The first steps toward a global pandemic: Reconstructing the demographic history of parasite host switches in its native range25
Limited introgression from non‐native commercial strains and signatures of adaptation in the key pollinator Bombus terrestris25
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Plasticity for the win: Flexible transcriptional response to host plant switches in the comma butterfly (Polygonia c‐album)24
Sexy fingers: Pheromones in the glands of male dendrobatid frogs24
Evolutionary variation in gene conversion at the avian MHC is explained by fluctuating selection, gene copy numbers and life history24
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Comparative population genomics of manta rays has global implications for management24
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Approximate Bayesian Computation applied to time series of population genetic data disentangles rapid genetic changes and demographic variations in a pathogen population24
The Genetic Architecture of Local Adaptation and Reproductive Character Displacement in Scutiger boulengeri Complex (Anura: Megophryidae)24
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Host preference explains the high endemism of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a dipterocarp rainforest23
Heat‐stress memory enhances the acclimation of a migratory insect pest to global warming23
Investigating the genetic basis of vertebrate dispersal combining RNA‐seq, RAD‐seq and quantitative genetics23
DNA methylation markers of age(ing) in non‐model animals23
Seasonal dynamics of the wild rodent faecal virome23
Sex chromosome heteromorphism and the Fast‐X effect in poeciliids23
Do Snow‐Adapted Prey Facilitate Coexistence of the Sierra Nevada Red Fox With Sympatric Carnivores?23
Inferring the ecological and evolutionary determinants of community genetic diversity23
Geographical distance, host evolutionary history and diet drive gut microbiome diversity of fish across the Yellow River23
Relic DNA obscures DNA‐based profiling of multiple microbial taxonomic groups in a river‐reservoir ecosystem23
The genomic basis of reproductive and migratory behaviour in a polymorphic salmonid23
Evolved and Plastic Gene Expression in Adaptation of a Specialist Fly to a Novel Niche23
Genetic adaptation despite high gene flow in a range‐expanding population23
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Phenotypic cross‐species conservation and cross‐generation directionality switching in epigenetic inheritance22
Longitudinal gut microbiome dynamics in relation to age and senescence in a wild animal population22
The challenge of demonstrating contemporary natural selection on polygenic quantitative traits in the wild22
Wild sunflower goes viral: Citizen science and comparative genomics allow tracking the origin and establishment of invasive sunflower in the Levant22
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Parental breeding decisions and genetic quality predict social structure of independent offspring22
Defence by duplication: The relation between phenotypic glyphosate resistance and EPSPS gene copy number variation in Amaranthus palmeri22
Seascape genomics of coastal bottlenose dolphins along strong gradients of temperature and salinity22
Phylogenomics and phylogeographic model testing using convolutional neural networks reveal a history of recent admixture in the Canarian Kleinia neriifolia22
Omics to Study and Manage Aquatic Environments: A Snapshot From the AquaEcOmics Meeting (Evian‐les‐Bains, 2025)22
Parentage influence on gene expression under acidification revealed through single‐embryo sequencing22
Lineage and role in integrative taxonomy of a heterotrophic orchid complex22
Population genomic structure of a widespread, urban‐dwelling mammal: The eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)22
Genetic analysis reveals the putative native range and widespread double‐clonal reproduction in the invasive longhorn crazy ant21
Integrating Population Genomics and Historical Occurrence Data to Assess the Impact of Land‐Use Changes on Centris Oil Bees in the Brazilian Cerrado21
Long‐term biogeographical processes dominate patterns of genetic diversity in a wingless grasshopper despite substantial recent habitat fragmentation21
Ectoparasite presence and brood size manipulation interact to accelerate telomere shortening in nestling jackdaws21
Immune genotypes, immune responses, and survival in a wild bird population21
Molecular ecology of microbiomes in the wild: Common pitfalls, methodological advances and future directions21
Combining GWAS and population genomic analyses to characterize coevolution in a legume‐rhizobia symbiosis21
Ephemeral Speciation in a New Guinean Honeyeater Complex ( Aves : Melidectes )21
Whole‐genome sequencing illuminates multifaceted targets of selection to humic substances in Eurasian perch21
Revisiting old truths: The evolution of male coloration in guppies as a function of predation21
Brettanomyces bruxellensis: Overview of the genetic and phenotypic diversity of an anthropized yeast21
Cryptic hybridization between the ancient lineages of Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri)21
Indirect Environmental Effects on the Gut‐Brain Axis in a Wild Mammal21
Genomic health is dependent on long‐term population demographic history21
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Strategies to identify and dissect trade‐offs in plants20
Whole‐genome sequencing reveals fine‐scale environment‐associated divergence near the range limits of a temperate reef fish20
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It is time for ancient DNA to sweat the small stuff20
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Repeated Mitochondrial Capture With Limited Genomic Introgression in a Lizard Group20
Brain and antennal transcriptomes of host ants reveal potential links between behaviour and the functioning of socially parasitic colonies20
Parental effects in a filamentous fungus: Phenotype, fitness and mechanism20
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Defence‐relevant gene expression differences in hatchlings among wild Newfoundland and farmed European and North American Atlantic salmon and their hybrids19
A Test of the Long‐Term Efficiency of Genetic Rescue With Drosophila melanogaster19
The faecal metabolome of black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) varies in response to seasonal dietary changes19
Complex dynamics of coral gene expression responses to low pH across species19
High promiscuity among females of the invasive pest species Drosophila suzukii19
Genetic legacies of mega‐landslides: Cycles of isolation and contact across flank collapses in an oceanic island19
Pleistocene parades of carnivores into North America19
Multiple genomic solutions for local adaptation in two closely related species (sheep and goats) facing the same climatic constraints19
Age‐ and caste‐independent piRNAs in the germline and miRNA profiles linked to caste and fecundity in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus19
Expression of Elongase‐ and Desaturase‐Encoding Genes Shapes the Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles of Honey Bees19
Adaptive divergence in bill morphology and other thermoregulatory traits is facilitated by restricted gene flow in song sparrows on the California Channel Islands19
Social Complexity During Early Development has Long‐Term Effects on Neuroplasticity in the Social Decision‐Making Network19
Speciation patterns of related species under the hybrid zone: A case study of three sclerophyllous oaks in the east Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains19
Genomic architecture underlying morphological and physiological adaptation to high elevation in a songbird19
Genomic and phenotypic changes associated with alterations of migratory behaviour in a songbird19
The structure of tropical bat–plant interaction networks during an extreme El Niño‐Southern Oscillation event19
Fitness consequences of population bottlenecks in an invasive blowfly19
Complex adaptive architecture underlies adaptation to quantitative host resistance in a fungal plant pathogen19
Selection for Tameness in Red Junglefowl Recapitulates Genetic Loci Associated With Domestication‐Related Brain Composition19
Correction to “The Opposed Forces of Differentiation and Admixture Across Glacial Cycles in the Butterfly Aglais urticae19
Whole genome population structure of North Atlantic kelp confirms high‐latitude glacial refugia19
Genomics reveal population structure, evolutionary history, and signatures of selection in the northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus19
Fire shapes fungal guild diversity and composition through direct and indirect pathways19
Divergence of alternative sugar preferences through modulation of the expression and activity of the Gal3 sensor in yeast19
Population genomics and sexual signals support reproductive character displacement in Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in a contact zone19
Phylogeography of horseshoe bat sarbecoviruses in Vietnam and neighbouring countries. Implications for the origins of SARSCoV and SARSCoV‐218
Pathogen invasion increases the abundance of predatory protists and their prey associations in the plant microbiome18
Robust Sensory Traits Across Light Habitats: Visual Signals but Not Receptors Vary in Centrarchids Inhabiting Distinct Photic Environments18
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Different molecular changes underlie the same phenotypic transition: Origins and consequences of independent shifts to homostyly within species18
High‐Throughput Absolute Quantification Sequencing Advances Characterisation of Microbial Community Ecology18
Synthesizing environmental, epidemiological and vector and parasite genetic data to assist decision making for disease elimination18
Seq’ and ARMS shall find: DNA (meta)barcoding of Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures across the tree of life uncovers hidden cryptobiome of tropical urban coral reefs18
Environmental DNA unveils deep phylogeographic structure of a freshwater fish18
Repeatome evolution across space and time: Unravelling repeats dynamics in the plant genus Erythrostemon Klotzsch (Leguminosae Juss)18
Frequent Hybridisation Between Parapatric Lekking Bird‐of‐Paradise Species18
Fifty Years of Conservation Genetics: A Personal Perspective18
Divergent island hybrids mixed waves of ancient gene flow18
Long live the host! Proteomic analysis reveals possible strategies for parasitic manipulation of its social host18
Turnip Mosaic Virus Infection in a Perennial Arabidopsis Reduces Aphid Fecundity in the Natural Environment18
Domestication and evolutionary histories of specialized gut symbionts across cephalotine ants18
Genomic, Phenotypic and Environmental Correlates of Speciation in the Midwife Toads (Alytes)18
Gene expression differentiation in the reproductive tissues of Drosophila willistoni subspecies and their hybrids18
Metabarcoding for biodiversity inventory blind spots: A test case using the beetle fauna of an insular cloud forest18
Demography‐driven and adaptive introgression in a hybrid zone of the Armeria syngameon18
Biodiversity Genomics Research Practices Require Harmonising to Meet Stakeholder Needs in Conservation18
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Preserving Wild Pears: Using Genomic Data to Assess Species Boundaries, Interspecific Hybridization, and Genetic Diversity to Inform Conservation18
Rhizobium nodule diversity and composition are influenced by clover host selection and local growth conditions18
Repeatable Genomic Outcomes Along the Speciation Continuum: Insights From Pine Hybrid Zones (Genus Pinus)18
No Evidence That Life History Strategies Shape Within‐Body Mosaics of Ageing18
Different trematode parasites in the same snail host: Species‐specific or shared microbiota?18
Diet in phenotypically divergent sympatric species of African weakly electric fish (genus: Campylomormyrus)—A hybrid capture/HTS metabarcoding approach18
Understanding stochastic and deterministic assembly processes in microbial communities along temporal, spatial and environmental scales17
Genome assembly, structural variants, and genetic differentiation between lake whitefish young species pairs (Coregonus sp.) with long and short reads17
Expression patterns of melanin‐related genes are linked to crypsis and conspicuousness in a pumpkin toadlet17
Do chromosome rearrangements fix by genetic drift or natural selection? Insights from Brenthis butterflies17
Strong Bottlenecks Constrain Adaptive Coevolution in a Host–Parasite Metapopulation17
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Linking large‐scale genetic structure of three Argynnini butterfly species to geography and environment17
Escalation by duplication: Milkweed bug trumps Monarch butterfly17
Living with chronic infection: Persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent17
Distinct patterns of inheritance shape life‐history traits in steelhead trout17
Impact of disturbance and dietary shift on gastrointestinal bacterial community and its invertebrate host system17
Epigenomic Changes in Ostrinia Moths Under Elevated Pupal and Adult Temperature17
Differential temperature effects on photoperiodism in female voles: A possible explanation for declines in vole populations17
Domestication obscures genomic estimates of population history17
Hybrid‐derived weedy rice maintains adaptive combinations of alleles associated with seed dormancy17
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Global flyway evolution in red knots Calidris canutus and genetic evidence for a Nearctic refugium17
Social and paternal female choice for male MHC genes in golden snub‐nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)17
Evaluating the persistence and utility of five wild Vitis species in the context of climate change17
High Quality Diet Enhances Immune Response and Affects Gene Expression During Viral Infection in an Insect Herbivore17
Immune gene regulation is associated with age and environmental adversity in a nonhuman primate17
Genomic associations with poxvirus across divergent island populations in Berthelot's pipit17
Habitat‐linked genetic variation supports microgeographic adaptive divergence in an island‐endemic bird species17
Variable hybridization between two Lake Tanganyikan cichlid species in recent secondary contact17
Not All Bark Beetles Smell the Same: Population‐Level Functional Olfactory Polymorphisms in Ips typographus Pheromone Receptor ItypOR3317
Temporal dynamics of soil fungi in a pyrodiverse dry‐sclerophyll forest17
Transgressive gene expression and expression plasticity under thermal stress in a stable hybrid zone17
Population Genomics of Adaptive Radiation16
Large X‐effects are absent in torrent frogs with nascent sex chromosomes16
Land‐use type temporarily affects active pond community structure but not gene expression patterns16
Species' attributes predict the relative magnitude of ecological and genetic recovery following mass mortality16
Adaptive variation in homologue number within transcript families promotes expression divergence in reef‐building coral16
Distinct routes to parallel adaptation in a mountain plant16
Widespread gene flow following range expansion in Anna's Hummingbird16
Genetic Architecture of Immune Cell DNA Methylation in the Rhesus Macaque16
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Coping with antagonistic predation risks: Predator‐dependent unique responses are dominant in Ceriodaphnia cornuta16
Genomes of Galápagos Mockingbirds Reveal the Impact of Island Size and Past Demography on Inbreeding and Genetic Load in Contemporary Populations16
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