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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Discovery of XY Sex Chromosomes in Mauremys mutica Provides Insights Into the Role of KDM6B Gene in Coexistence of Temperature‐Dependent and Genetic Sex Determination83
Positive selection in gamete interaction proteins in Carnivora80
Decoding plant‐induced transcriptomic variability and consistency in two related polyphagous mites differing in host ranges68
More complex than you think: Taxonomic and temporal patterns of plant–pollinator networks of caraway (Carum carvi L.)68
Out of the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau: Genomic biogeography of the alpine monospecific genus Megadenia (Biscutelleae, Brassicaceae)66
Genetic and telomeric variability: Insights from a tropical avian hybrid zone64
Genomic divergence and introgression between cryptic species of a widespread North American songbird58
The transcriptional state and chromatin landscape of cichlid jaw shape variation across species and environments57
Hybrid enrichment of adaptive variation revealed by genotype–environment associations in montane sedges56
Genetic Adaptation to Brackish Water and Spawning Season in European Cisco56
Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus55
Adaptive cellular evolution or cellular system drift in hares55
Experimental evidence that root‐associated fungi improve plant growth at high altitude52
Genomic, morphological and physiological data support fast ecotypic differentiation and incipient speciation in an alpine diving beetle52
Acclimatory gene expression of primed clams enhances robustness to elevated pCO251
Organellar DNA continues to provide a rich source of information in the genomics era46
Evolutionary History and Rhizosphere Microbial Community Composition in Domesticated Hops ( Humulus lupulus L . 45
Diving into the diversity of colour patterns in reef fishes44
Clones on the run: The genomics of a recently expanded partially clonal species44
Community‐wide correlations between species richness, abundance and population genomic diversity in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot43
On the origin and structure of haplotype blocks42
Association between parasite microbiomes and caste development and colony structure in a social trematode42
Understanding the role of temperature in seasonal timing: Effects on behavioural, physiological and molecular phenotypes42
Effect of urbanization and parasitism on the gut microbiota of Darwin's finch nestlings41
Interspecies genome divergence is predominantly due to frequent small scale rearrangements in Eucalyptus41
Grassland ecosystem type drives AM fungal diversity and functional guild distribution in North American grasslands40
A genomic assessment of the marine‐speciation paradox within the toothed whale superfamily Delphinoidea39
Long‐read sequencing in ecology and evolution: Understanding how complex genetic and epigenetic variants shape biodiversity39
The effect of divergent and parallel selection on the genomic landscape of divergence39
Ecology Not Genetic Covariance Explains Correlated Trait Divergence During Speciation39
Traits and tradeoffs among non‐native ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts affect pine seedling establishment in a Hawaiian coinvasion landscape39
Museomics Sheds Light on Evolutionary Diversity in a Critically Endangered Cockatoo Species From Wallacea37
Bacterial communities in a subarctic stream network: Spatial and seasonal patterns of benthic biofilm and bacterioplankton37
Genome‐wide SNP assessment of contemporary European red deer genetic structure highlights the distinction of peripheral populations and the main admixture zones in Europe37
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Cryptic Barriers to Gene Flow Driven by Deep‐Sea Reproductive Strategy in Direct‐Developing Pandalid Shrimp36
Massive Genomic and Transcriptomic Changes Within a Young Inversion Polymorphism in the Absence of Degeneration35
Demographic modelling helps track the rapid and recent divergence of a conifer species pair from Central Mexico34
DNA Methylation Dynamics Reflect Sex and Status Differences in Mortality Rates in a Polygynous Bat34
Evolutionary roles of polyploidization‐derived structural variations in the phenotypic diversification of Panax species34
Combined Evidence Reveals the Origin of a Rapid Range Expansion Despite Retained Genetic Diversity and a Weak Founder Effect33
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The impacts of positive selection on genomic variation in Drosophila serrata: Insights from a deep learning approach33
Brazilian marine phylogeography: A literature synthesis and analysis of barriers33
Infection by the Lungworm Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala Affects the Expression of Immune‐Related microRNAs by Its Co‐Evolved Host, the Cane Toad Rhinella marina32
Ultraconserved Elements Reveal the Relationship Between Facultative Keratinophagy and Synanthropic Evolution in Clothes Moths32
Environmental heterogeneity structures root‐associated fungal communities in Daphne arbuscula (Thymelaeaceae), a shrub adapted to extreme rocky habitats31
Variation in phenotypic plasticity across age‐at‐maturity genotypes in wild Atlantic salmon31
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Social Structure and Interactions Differentially Shape Aerotolerant and Anaerobic Gut Microbiomes in a Cooperative Breeding Species30
Primrose homostyles: A classic case of possible balancing selection revisited30
Tidal gradients, fine‐scale homing and a potential cryptic ecotype of wild spawning pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)30
Dissolved Organic Carbon Shapes Sediment Bacterial Diversity in Continental Lakes30
Microbiomes associated with avian malaria survival differ between susceptible Hawaiian honeycreepers and sympatric malaria‐resistant introduced birds30
The effect of a temperature‐sensitive prophage on the evolution of virulence in an opportunistic bacterial pathogen30
Combined genome and transcriptome provides insight into the genetic evolution of an edible halophyte Suaeda salsa adaptation to high salinity30
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 30
A Comparative Analysis of Long‐Term Effective Population Sizes Across Eukaryotes30
Integrative biological analyses of responses to food deprivation reveal resilience mechanisms in sea urchin larvae30
Recent genetic exchanges and admixture shape the genome and population structure of the zoonotic pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum30
Differential Bottom‐Up Control of Planktonic and Sedimentary Bacterial Communities by Phytoplankton and Extracellular Enzymes in an Asymmetric River Confluence30
Genomic variation across Chinook salmon populations reveals effects of a duplication on migration alleles and supports fine scale structure30
Genetic responses in sexual diploid and unisexual triploid goldfish (Carassius auratus) introduced into a high‐altitude environment29
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Nestling sex and behaviour determine the host preference of insect vectors in avian nests29
Phylogenetic diversity only weakly mitigates climate‐change‐driven biodiversity loss in insect communities29
Historical Lead Contamination Linked to Atmospheric Deposition is Associated With Declines in Ectomycorrhizal Diversity and Shifts in Fungal Community Composition29
Evolutionary ecology of denitrifying methanotrophic NC10 bacteria in the deep‐sea biosphere29
Large effective population size masks population genetic structure in Hirondellea amphipods within the deepest marine ecosystem, the Mariana Trench29
An Early‐Life Disruption of Gut Microbiota Has Opposing Effects on Parasite Resistance in Two Host Species29
Convergent Evolutionary Dead‐End and Breakdown of Hard Chorion in Parental‐Egg‐Care Fish Reproductive Strategies28
Reticulate and Hybrid Speciation is Promoted by Environmental Instability in an Indo‐Pacific Species Complex of Whistlers (Aves: Pachycephala )28
Geographic Divergence and the Genomic Basis of Reproductive Diapause in Drosophila triauraria28
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Characterizing feral swine movement across the contiguous United States using neural networks and genetic data28
Expansion and Temporal Expression Regulation of Cuticle‐Associated Gene Families: Molecular Basis of Adaptive Evolution of Moulting in Decapods28
Limited introgression from non‐native commercial strains and signatures of adaptation in the key pollinator Bombus terrestris27
Phylogeography of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) throughout the USA identifies candidate loci for differences in vectorial capacity27
Recurrent Hybridisations During Diversification of One Rhododendron Species Complex27
Gene Expression Associated With Behaviour Manipulation in Wood Ants Infected With Larval Lancet Fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum27
Tracking population structure and phenology through time using ancient genomes from waterlogged white oak wood27
Regulation of host gene expression by gastrointestinal tract microbiota in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)27
Satellite DNA evolution in Corvoidea inferred from short and long reads27
Genome‐wide variant analyses reveal new patterns of admixture and population structure in Australian dingoes26
Highly Expressed Odorant Receptor Orthologs Detect the Aggregation Pheromone Lineatin in Trypodendron Ambrosia Beetles26
Genome‐wide phylogeography reveals cryptic speciation in the circumglobal planktonic calcifier Limacina bulimoides26
Genetic mixing in conservation translocations increases diversity of a keystone threatened species, Bettongia lesueur25
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The Genetic Architecture of Local Adaptation and Reproductive Character Displacement in Scutiger boulengeri Complex (Anura: Megophryidae)25
Cophylogeny and specificity between cryptic coral species ( Pocillopora spp.) at Mo′orea and their symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae)25
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Heterogeneous patterns of heterozygosity loss in isolated populations of the threatened eastern barred bandicoot ( Perameles gunnii )25
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Investigating the genetic basis of vertebrate dispersal combining RNA‐seq, RAD‐seq and quantitative genetics24
Do Snow‐Adapted Prey Facilitate Coexistence of the Sierra Nevada Red Fox With Sympatric Carnivores?24
Host preference explains the high endemism of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a dipterocarp rainforest24
Integrating Population Genomics and Historical Occurrence Data to Assess the Impact of Land‐Use Changes on Centris Oil Bees in the Brazilian Cerrado23
Genetic and Environmental Similarities Drive Repeated Genomic Evolution in Island Lizards23
Parentage influence on gene expression under acidification revealed through single‐embryo sequencing23
Parental breeding decisions and genetic quality predict social structure of independent offspring23
Indirect Environmental Effects on the Gut‐Brain Axis in a Wild Mammal23
Ephemeral Speciation in a New Guinean Honeyeater Complex ( Aves : Melidectes )23
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Plasticity for the win: Flexible transcriptional response to host plant switches in the comma butterfly (Polygonia c‐album)23
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Evolutionary variation in gene conversion at the avian MHC is explained by fluctuating selection, gene copy numbers and life history23
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Inferring the ecological and evolutionary determinants of community genetic diversity22
The challenge of demonstrating contemporary natural selection on polygenic quantitative traits in the wild22
Molecular mechanisms underlying plasticity in a thermally varying environment22
Comparative population genomics of manta rays has global implications for management22
Omics to Study and Manage Aquatic Environments: A Snapshot From the AquaEcOmics Meeting (Evian‐les‐Bains, 2025)22
Long‐term biogeographical processes dominate patterns of genetic diversity in a wingless grasshopper despite substantial recent habitat fragmentation22
Phenotypic cross‐species conservation and cross‐generation directionality switching in epigenetic inheritance22
Geographical distance, host evolutionary history and diet drive gut microbiome diversity of fish across the Yellow River22
Genetic analysis reveals the putative native range and widespread double‐clonal reproduction in the invasive longhorn crazy ant22
Evolved and Plastic Gene Expression in Adaptation of a Specialist Fly to a Novel Niche22
Sex chromosome heteromorphism and the Fast‐X effect in poeciliids22
Ectoparasite presence and brood size manipulation interact to accelerate telomere shortening in nestling jackdaws22
Plastic Responses and Standing Genetic Variation in Salinity‐Responsive Genes Under Projected Salinisation in Freshwater Fish22
Immune genotypes, immune responses, and survival in a wild bird population21
Population genomic structure of a widespread, urban‐dwelling mammal: The eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)21
Phylogenomics and phylogeographic model testing using convolutional neural networks reveal a history of recent admixture in the Canarian Kleinia neriifolia21
Combining GWAS and population genomic analyses to characterize coevolution in a legume‐rhizobia symbiosis21
Relic DNA obscures DNA‐based profiling of multiple microbial taxonomic groups in a river‐reservoir ecosystem21
Lineage and role in integrative taxonomy of a heterotrophic orchid complex21
DNA methylation markers of age(ing) in non‐model animals21
Sexy fingers: Pheromones in the glands of male dendrobatid frogs21
Seasonal dynamics of the wild rodent faecal virome21
The genomic basis of reproductive and migratory behaviour in a polymorphic salmonid21
Genomic health is dependent on long‐term population demographic history21
Molecular ecology of microbiomes in the wild: Common pitfalls, methodological advances and future directions20
Genetic adaptation despite high gene flow in a range‐expanding population20
Longitudinal gut microbiome dynamics in relation to age and senescence in a wild animal population20
It is time for ancient DNA to sweat the small stuff20
Pleistocene parades of carnivores into North America20
Rhizobium nodule diversity and composition are influenced by clover host selection and local growth conditions20
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Cryptic hybridization between the ancient lineages of Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri)20
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Genomic architecture underlying morphological and physiological adaptation to high elevation in a songbird20
Selection for Tameness in Red Junglefowl Recapitulates Genetic Loci Associated With Domestication‐Related Brain Composition20
Synthesizing environmental, epidemiological and vector and parasite genetic data to assist decision making for disease elimination20
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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 population20
Heat‐stress memory enhances the acclimation of a migratory insect pest to global warming20
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Defence‐relevant gene expression differences in hatchlings among wild Newfoundland and farmed European and North American Atlantic salmon and their hybrids20
Genomic and phenotypic changes associated with alterations of migratory behaviour in a songbird20
Metabarcoding for biodiversity inventory blind spots: A test case using the beetle fauna of an insular cloud forest20
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Correction to “The Opposed Forces of Differentiation and Admixture Across Glacial Cycles in the Butterfly Aglais urticae19
A Test of the Long‐Term Efficiency of Genetic Rescue With Drosophila melanogaster19
Genetic Diversity of Polymyxin Resistance Genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates19
Parental effects in a filamentous fungus: Phenotype, fitness and mechanism19
High‐Throughput Absolute Quantification Sequencing Advances Characterisation of Microbial Community Ecology19
Whole genome population structure of North Atlantic kelp confirms high‐latitude glacial refugia19
Pigments, Chromatophore Structure, and Gene Expression Underlying Colour Polytypy of a Panamanian Poison Frog19
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 reefs19
Long live the host! Proteomic analysis reveals possible strategies for parasitic manipulation of its social host19
Genomic Introgressions May Affect Hybridogenetic Reproduction in Water Frog Hybrids19
Whole‐genome sequencing reveals fine‐scale environment‐associated divergence near the range limits of a temperate reef fish19
The faecal metabolome of black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) varies in response to seasonal dietary changes19
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
Connectivity and Age of Restored Atlantic Forest Fragments Drives Composition and Functionality of the Fungal Community in the Leaf Litter Layer18
Gene expression differentiation in the reproductive tissues of Drosophila willistoni subspecies and their hybrids18
Strategies to identify and dissect trade‐offs in plants18
Speciation patterns of related species under the hybrid zone: A case study of three sclerophyllous oaks in the east Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains18
Age‐ and caste‐independent piRNAs in the germline and miRNA profiles linked to caste and fecundity in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus18
Brain and antennal transcriptomes of host ants reveal potential links between behaviour and the functioning of socially parasitic colonies18
Expression of Elongase‐ and Desaturase‐Encoding Genes Shapes the Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles of Honey Bees18
Repeatable Genomic Outcomes Along the Speciation Continuum: Insights From Pine Hybrid Zones (Genus Pinus )18
Repeatome evolution across space and time: Unravelling repeats dynamics in the plant genus Erythrostemon Klotzsch (Leguminosae Juss)18
Different trematode parasites in the same snail host: Species‐specific or shared microbiota?18
PoolSeq Genome‐Wide Association Studies and Microbial Signature Analyses Identify Novel Candidates Associated With Pyrethroid Resistance Evolution in Anopheles funestus 18
Watershed Fingerprints in Reservoir Sediments: Microeukaryotic Sedimentary DNA Tracks Decades of Anthropogenic Disturbance18
Genomic, Phenotypic and Environmental Correlates of Speciation in the Midwife Toads ( Alytes )18
Repeated Mitochondrial Capture With Limited Genomic Introgression in a Lizard Group18
Genomics reveal population structure, evolutionary history, and signatures of selection in the northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus18
Genetic legacies of mega‐landslides: Cycles of isolation and contact across flank collapses in an oceanic island18
Phylogeography of horseshoe bat sarbecoviruses in Vietnam and neighbouring countries. Implications for the origins of SARS18
Turnip Mosaic Virus Infection in a Perennial Arabidopsis Reduces Aphid Fecundity in the Natural Environment18
Genetic Mapping of Resistance: ddRADseq ‐Based QTL and Associated Polymorphism Conferring Resistan18
Kinship Analysis Confirms Tolerant Galapagos Mockingbirds Are a Source of Nest Flies That Threaten Darwin's Finches18
Social Complexity During Early Development has Long‐Term Effects on Neuroplasticity in the Social Decision‐Making Network18
Environmental DNA unveils deep phylogeographic structure of a freshwater fish18
No Evidence That Life History Strategies Shape Within‐Body Mosaics of Ageing18
Domestication and evolutionary histories of specialized gut symbionts across cephalotine ants18
Fitness consequences of population bottlenecks in an invasive blowfly18
Complex dynamics of coral gene expression responses to low pH across species18
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High promiscuity among females of the invasive pest species Drosophila suzukii17
Biodiversity Genomics Research Practices Require Harmonising to Meet Stakeholder Needs in Conservation17
Differential Regulation of Apoptosis and Symbiodiniaceae Energy Transfer Mediate the Link Between Bleaching and Disease in Exaiptasia diaphana17
Social and paternal female choice for male MHC genes in golden snub‐nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)17
Immune gene regulation is associated with age and environmental adversity in a nonhuman primate17
Extensive Multi‐Species Hybridization Between Leuciscidae Minnow Species17
Linking large‐scale genetic structure of three Argynnini butterfly species to geography and environment17
Genomic Evidence for Dual Introductions, Limited Gene Flow and Niche Preferences in the Invasive Wasp Vespula germanica in South Africa17
Robust Sensory Traits Across Light Habitats: Visual Signals but Not Receptors Vary in Centrarchids Inhabiting Distinct Photic Environments17
Multiple genomic solutions for local adaptation in two closely related species (sheep and goats) facing the same climatic constraints17
Environmental Gradients Decouple Demographic and Adaptive Connectivity in a Highly Mobile Coastal Marine Species17
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Escalation by duplication: Milkweed bug trumps Monarch butterfly17
Evaluating the persistence and utility of five wild Vitis species in the context of climate change17
Do chromosome rearrangements fix by genetic drift or natural selection? Insights from Brenthis butterflies17
Amazonian colonization from the Atlantic Forest: New perspectives on the connections of South American tropical forests17
Mind the Gaps: Shortfalls in Studies of the Intraspecific Genetic Diversity of Plants Across the Gran Chaco17
Frequent Hybridisation Between Parapatric Lekking Bird‐of‐Paradise Species17
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Diet in phenotypically divergent sympatric species of African weakly electric fish (genus: Campylomormyrus)—A hybrid capture/HTS metabarcoding approach17
Preserving Wild Pears: Using Genomic Data to Assess Species Boundaries, Interspecific Hybridization, and Genetic Diversity to Inform Conservation17
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Blood Parasite Infections and Impacts on Avian Health and Reproduction17
Functional Shifts in the Gut DNA Virome in a Long‐Distance Migratory Shorebird During the Pre‐Migratory Fattening17
Living with chronic infection: Persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent17
Genomic and Morphological Divergence Under Extreme Environments: Insights Into the Adaptation and Speciation of Lepus yarkandensis and 17
Population Genetics and Invasion History of the European Starling Across Aotearoa New Zealand16
Strong Bottlenecks Constrain Adaptive Coevolution in a Host–Parasite Metapopulation16
Epigenomic Changes in Ostrinia Moths Under Elevated Pupal and Adult Temperature16
Expression–environment associations in transcriptomic heat stress responses for a global plant lineage16
Large X‐effects are absent in torrent frogs with nascent sex chromosomes16
Demography‐driven and adaptive introgression in a hybrid zone of the Armeria syngameon16
Not All Bark Beetles Smell the Same : Population‐Level Functional Olfactory Polymorphisms in Ips typographus Pheromone Recepto16
Hybrid‐derived weedy rice maintains adaptive combinations of alleles associated with seed dormancy16
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Temporal dynamics of soil fungi in a pyrodiverse dry‐sclerophyll forest16
Deciphering the Patterns and Drivers of Tardigrade Diversity Along Altitudinal Gradients16
Niche Overlap of Soil Bacteria Drives Stress Gradient Hypothesis Dynamics in Dryland Biocrust Succession16
Species' attributes predict the relative magnitude of ecological and genetic recovery following mass mortality16
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Admixture Affects the Rate and Repeatability of Experimental Adaptation to a Stressful Environment in Callosobruchus maculatus16
Variable hybridization between two Lake Tanganyikan cichlid species in recent secondary contact16
Understanding stochastic and deterministic assembly processes in microbial communities along temporal, spatial and environmental scales16
Divergent island hybrids mixed waves of ancient gene flow16
Distinct patterns of inheritance shape life‐history traits in steelhead trout16
Host genotype and microbiome associations in co‐occurring clonal and non‐clonal kelp, Ecklonia radiata16
Transgressive gene expression and expression plasticity under thermal stress in a stable hybrid zone16
Distinct routes to parallel adaptation in a mountain plant16
Genetic Architecture of Immune Cell DNA Methylation in the Rhesus Macaque16
Fifty Years of Conservation Genetics: A Personal Perspective16
Parallel duplication and loss of aquaporin‐coding genes during the “out of the sea” transition as potential key drivers of animal terrestrialization16
When South Meets North: A Joint Contact Zone Coinciding With Environmental Gradients in Three Boreal Tree Species16
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