Molecular Ecology

Papers
(The TQCC of Molecular Ecology is 10. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Out of the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau: Genomic biogeography of the alpine monospecific genus Megadenia (Biscutelleae, Brassicaceae)192
Plant–pollinator network architecture does not impact intraspecific microbiome variability188
Population dynamics in newts of the Carpathian Mountains170
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Seascape Genomics of Red Abalone: Limited Range‐Wide Population Structure and Evidence for Local Adaptation98
Circumpolar Population Structure, Diversity and Recent Evolutionary History of the Bearded Seal in Relation to Past and Present Icescapes95
Whole‐Genome Evaluation of Genetic Rescue: The Case of a Curiously Isolated and Endangered Butterfly89
Integrative Genomics Refines Tissues, Candidate Genes and Putative Regulatory Links Involved in the Humic Adaptation of Keystone Freshwater Fish80
Plumbing the depths with environmental DNA (eDNA): Metabarcoding reveals biodiversity zonation at 45–60 m on mesophotic coral reefs69
The Evolution of Locally Adaptive Chromosome Inversions in Mimulus guttatus68
Admixture Increases Genetic Diversity and Adaptive Potential in Australasian Killer Whales66
Suboptimal environmental conditions prolong phage epidemics in bacterial populations59
Combining population genomics and biophysical modelling to assess connectivity patterns in an Antarctic fish58
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On the origin and structure of haplotype blocks57
Genome‐phenotype‐environment associations identify signatures of selection in a panmictic population of threespine stickleback56
Quantifying adaptive evolution and the effects of natural selection across the Norway spruce genome56
Ecological stoichiometry and fungal community turnover reveal variation among mycorrhizal partners in their responses to warming and drought56
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Evolutionary and ecological drivers of local adaptation and speciation in a North American avian species complex54
Associations between MHC class II variation and phenotypic traits in a free‐living sheep population53
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Adaptive cellular evolution or cellular system drift in hares50
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Genomic data and common garden experiments reveal climate‐driven selection on ecophysiological traits in two Mediterranean oaks48
Environmental microbes promote phenotypic plasticity in reproduction and sleep behaviour47
Ecological transcriptomics reveals stress response pathways of a ground‐herb species in a waterlogging gradient of Amazonian riparian forests47
Population genetics as a tool to elucidate pathogen reservoirs: Lessons fromPseudogymnoascus destructans, the causative agent of White‐Nose disease in bats43
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What can cold‐induced transcriptomes of Arctic Brassicaceae tell us about the evolution of cold tolerance?42
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Comparative Genomics Uncovers Molecular Adaptations for Cetacean Deep‐Sea Diving40
Genomic diversity and differentiation between island and mainland populations of white‐tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla)40
Population genomic evidence of selection on structural variants in a natural hybrid zone40
Population Genomics Reveals Local Adaptation Related to Temperature Variation in Two Stream Frog Species: Implications for Vulnerability to Climate Warming39
Signals of differential introgression in the genome of natural hybrids of Caribbean anoles38
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Genomic evidence of an ancient inland temperate rainforest in the Pacific Northwest of North America37
How structural variants shape avian phenotypes: Lessons from model systems36
Rapid turnover and evolution of sex‐determining regions in Sebastes rockfishes36
The prevalence of copy number increase at multiallelic copy number variants associated with cave colonization36
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Insights into the potential for mutualistic and harmful host–microbe interactions affecting brown alga freshwater acclimation36
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DNA metabarcoding reveals impact of local recruitment, dispersal, and hydroperiod on assembly of a zooplankton metacommunity35
Genomic consequences of colonisation, migration and genetic drift in barn owl insular populations of the eastern Mediterranean35
Adaptive and nonadaptive causes of heterogeneity in genetic differentiation across the Mimulus guttatus genome35
Understanding the role of temperature in seasonal timing: Effects on behavioural, physiological and molecular phenotypes34
Counter‐gradient variation in gene expression between fish populations facilitates colonization of low‐dissolved oxygen environments33
Temperature‐dependent effects of house fly proto‐Y chromosomes on gene expression could be responsible for fitness differences that maintain polygenic sex determination33
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Comparative analysis of gut microbiome of mangrove brachyuran crabs revealed patterns of phylosymbiosis and codiversification32
Long‐read sequencing in ecology and evolution: Understanding how complex genetic and epigenetic variants shape biodiversity31
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Comparative linkage mapping uncovers recombination suppression across massive chromosomal inversions associated with local adaptation in Atlantic silversides31
Population subdivision promoted by a sea‐level‐change‐driven bottleneck: A glimpse from the evolutionary history of the mangrove plant Aegiceras corniculatum30
Evidence of backcross inviability and mitochondrial DNA paternal leakage in sea turtle hybrids30
Orchid–mycorrhizal fungi interactions reveal a duality in their network structure in two European regions differing in climate30
Legacies of invertebrate exclusion and tree secondary metabolites control fungal communities in dead wood30
Telomere length positively correlates with pace‐of‐life in a sex‐ and cohort‐specific way and elongates with age in a wild mammal30
Speciation without gene‐flow in hybridizing deer30
Long‐term spatiotemporal genetic structure of an accidental parasitoid introduction, and local changes in prevalence of its associatedWolbachiasymbiont30
Late Pleistocene landscape changes and habitat specialization as promoters of population genomic divergence in Amazonian floodplain birds30
Low but significant evolutionary potential for growth, phenology and reproduction traits in European beech30
Genetic diversity and population structure in Vitis species illustrate phylogeographic patterns in eastern North America29
Community dynamics of soil‐borne fungal communities along elevation gradients in neotropical and palaeotropical forests29
Host range of a parasitoid wasp is linked to host susceptibility to its mutualistic viral symbiont29
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Relationships between phenotypic plasticity and epigenetic variation in two Caribbean Acropora corals29
Genomic, morphological and physiological data support fast ecotypic differentiation and incipient speciation in an alpine diving beetle29
Contrasting laboratory and field outcomes of bat–moth interactions29
Direct and indirect genetic effects of a social supergene28
Microbial population genomes from the Amazon River reveal possible modulation of the organic matter degradation process in tropical freshwaters28
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Alternative developmental and transcriptomic responses to host plant water limitation in a butterfly metapopulation28
Symbiosis modulates gene expression of symbionts, but not coral hosts, under thermal challenge28
Genetic connectivity of two marine gastropods in the Mediterranean Sea: seascape genetics reveals species‐specific oceanographic drivers of gene flow28
The ephemeral microbiota: Ecological context and environmental variability drive the body surface microbiota composition of Magellanic penguins across subantarctic breeding colonies28
Natural selection drives genome‐wide evolution via chance genetic associations28
Stable coexistence or competitive exclusion? Fern endophytes demonstrate rapid turnover favouring a dominant fungus28
Cryptic diversity within thePoecilochirus carabimite species complex phoretic onNicrophorusburying beetles: Phylogeny, biogeography, and host specificity28
Transmissible cancer and longitudinal telomere dynamics in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)27
Differential gene expression and mitonuclear incompatibilities in fast‐ and slow‐developing interpopulation Tigriopus californicus hybrids27
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Chromosome‐level genome assembly for takin (Budorcas taxicolor) provides insights into its taxonomic status and genetic diversity27
Genomic profiling of climate adaptation in Aedes aegypti along an altitudinal gradient in Nepal indicates nongradual expansion of the disease vector27
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Hybrid enrichment of adaptive variation revealed by genotype–environment associations in montane sedges27
The short‐term, genome‐wide effects of indirect selection deserve study: A response to Charlesworth and Jensen (2022)27
Amazonian birds in more dynamic habitats have less population genetic structure and higher gene flow27
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Grassland ecosystem type drives AM fungal diversity and functional guild distribution in North American grasslands27
Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus26
A new subfamily of ionotropic glutamate receptors unique to the echinoderms with putative sensory role26
A female‐biased gene expression signature of dominance in cooperatively breeding meerkats26
The impacts of positive selection on genomic variation in Drosophila serrata: Insights from a deep learning approach26
Climate‐related naturally occurring epimutation and their roles in plant adaptation in A. thaliana26
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A sex chromosome polymorphism maintains divergent plumage phenotypes between extensively hybridizing yellowhammers (Emberiza citrinella) and pine buntings (E. leucocephalos)26
Multiple paths toward repeated phenotypic evolution in the spiny‐leg adaptive radiation (Tetragnatha; Hawai'i)26
Genomic analysis of a parasite invasion: Colonization of the Americas by the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni25
Chromosome‐level genome assembly of a deep‐sea Venus flytrap sea anemone sheds light upon adaptations to an extremely oligotrophic environment25
Comparative phylogeography reveals the demographic patterns of neotropical ancient mountain species25
Gravitropic Gene Expression Divergence Associated With Adaptation to Contrasting Environments in an Australian Wildflower25
Genome‐wide SNP assessment of contemporary European red deer genetic structure highlights the distinction of peripheral populations and the main admixture zones in Europe25
Genomic data support multiple introductions and explosive demographic expansions in a highly invasive aquatic insect25
Genetic and telomeric variability: Insights from a tropical avian hybrid zone25
Mitonuclear discordance results from incomplete lineage sorting, with no detectable evidence for gene flow, in a rapid radiation of Todiramphus kingfishers25
Experimental sexual selection reveals rapid evolutionary divergence in sex‐specific transcriptomes and their interactions following mating24
Historical land use patterns provide insight into contemporary insect diversity loss24
Historical population declines prompted significant genomic erosion in the northern and southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)24
Drivers of change and stability in the gut microbiota of an omnivorous avian migrant exposed to artificial food supplementation24
Novel genome sequence of Chinese cavefish (Triplophysa rosa) reveals pervasive relaxation of natural selection in cavefish genomes24
Dispersal in a house sparrow metapopulation: An integrative case study of genetic assignment calibrated with ecological data and pedigree information24
Annual and perennial Medicago show signatures of parallel adaptation to climate and soil in highly conserved genes24
Diving into the diversity of colour patterns in reef fishes23
A Latitudinal Gradient of Reference Genomes23
Baculoviruses hijack the visual perception of their caterpillar hosts to induce climbing behaviour thus promoting virus dispersal23
Gastrointestinal symbiont diversity in wild gorilla: A comparison of bacterial and strongylid communities across multiple localities23
Transcriptomic response of Cinachyrella cf. cavernosa sponges to spatial competition23
Rapid shifts in thermal reaction norms and tolerance of brooded coral larvae following parental heat acclimation23
Long‐wavelength‐sensitive (lws) opsin gene expression, foraging and visual communication in coral reef fishes23
Genomic divergence between two sister Medicago species triggered by the quaternary climatic oscillations on the Qinghai–Tibet plateau and northern China23
Host blood meal identity modifies vector gene expression and competency23
Host phylogeny and functional traits differentiate gut microbiomes in a diverse natural community of small mammals23
Circumpolar and Regional Seascape Drivers of Genomic Variation in a Southern Ocean Octopus22
Grassland Afforestation Drives Biotic Homogenisation of Soil Microbial Communities at a Regional Scale22
Geography and Environment Shape Spatial Genetic Variation and Predict Climate Maladaptation Across Isolated and Disjunct Populations of Pinus muricata22
Alternative splicing: An overlooked mechanism contributing to local adaptation?22
The association between female reproductive performance and leukocyte telomere length in wild Soay sheep22
Effect of urbanization and parasitism on the gut microbiota of Darwin's finch nestlings22
Genomics‐informed conservation units reveal spatial variation in climate vulnerability in a migratory bird21
Molecular Adjustment to a Social Niche: Brain Transcriptomes Reveal Divergent Influence of Social Environment on the Two Queen Morphs of the Ant Temnothorax rugatulus21
Australian soil microbiome: A first sightseeing regional prediction driven by cycles of soil temperature and pedogenic variations21
Intrinsic variation in the vertically transmitted core virome of the mosquito Aedes aegypti21
A glimpse at an early stage of microbe domestication revealed in the variable genome of Torulaspora delbrueckii, an emergent industrial yeast21
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City divided: Unveiling family ties and genetic structuring of coyotes in Seattle21
Genomics reveals a genetically isolated population of the Pacific white‐sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) distributed in the Sea of Japan21
Early‐life immune expression profiles predict later‐life health and fitness in a wild rodent21
Hybridization and gene expression: Beyond differentially expressed genes21
Rickettsial pathogens drive microbiota assembly in Hyalomma marginatum and Rhipicephalus bursa ticks21
Integrated organismal responses induced by projected levels of CO2 and temperature exposures in the early life stages of lake sturgeon21
Molecular signatures of alternative reproductive strategies in a facultatively social hover wasp21
The structure of bacteria–fungi bipartite networks along elevational gradients in contrasting climates20
Sunspot activity influences tree growth: Molecular evidence and ecological implications20
Telomere dynamics in relation to experimentally increased locomotion costs and fitness in great tits20
Transcriptional chronology reveals conserved genes involved in pennate diatom sexual reproduction20
Reproductive isolation in a three‐way contact zone20
The biogeographic and evolutionary processes shaping population divergence in Laupala20
Topographic barriers drive the pronounced genetic subdivision of a range‐limited fossorial rodent20
Landscape‐scale population connectivity in two parasitoid species associated with the spruce budworm: Testing the birdfeeder effect using genetic data20
Host‐pathogen‐environment interactions predict survival outcomes of adult sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) released from fisheries20
Isolation and reconnection: Demographic history and multiple contact zones of the green odorous frog (Odorrana margaretae) around the Sichuan Basin20
Within‐individual repeatability in telomere length: A meta‐analysis in nonmammalian vertebrates20
Climate adaptation and vulnerability of foundation species in a global change hotspot20
Rapid evolution of novel biotic interactions in the UK Brown Argus butterfly uses genomic variation from across its geographical range19
Functional differentiation and complementation of alkaline phosphatases and choreography of DOP scavenging in a marine diatom19
Brazilian marine phylogeography: A literature synthesis and analysis of barriers19
Founder effects shape linkage disequilibrium and genomic diversity of a partially clonal invader19
Consistent predictors of microbial community composition across spatial scales in grasslands reveal low context‐dependency19
Environment and shipping drive environmental DNA beta‐diversity among commercial ports19
Decoding plant‐induced transcriptomic variability and consistency in two related polyphagous mites differing in host ranges19
Pleistocene origins, western ghost lineages, and the emerging phylogeographic history of the red wolf and coyote19
Traits and tradeoffs among non‐native ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts affect pine seedling establishment in a Hawaiian coinvasion landscape19
The impact of indoor residual spraying on Plasmodium falciparum microsatellite variation in an area of high seasonal malaria transmission in Ghana, West Africa19
Genomic insights into hybrid zone formation: The role of climate, landscape, and demography in the emergence of a novel hybrid lineage19
Transposable elements mark a repeat‐rich region associated with migratory phenotypes of willow warblers (Phylloscopus trochilus)19
Comparative genome sequencing reveals insights into the dynamics of Wolbachia in native and invasive cherry fruit flies18
Mating system variation and gene expression in the male reproductive tract of Peromyscus mice18
Both Structural Variant and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Load Impact Lifetime Fitness in a Threatened Bird Species18
Why Is It Too Cold? Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Cold‐Water Pollution Effects on Recruitment of an Imperiled Warmwater Fish18
Phenotypic and genomic diversification with isolation by environment along elevational gradients in a neotropical treefrog18
More complex than you think: Taxonomic and temporal patterns of plant–pollinator networks of caraway (Carum carvi L.)18
Vertebrate genomics and adaptation – Status and prospects in Africa18
Demographic modelling helps track the rapid and recent divergence of a conifer species pair from Central Mexico18
Organellar DNA continues to provide a rich source of information in the genomics era18
Ancient Hybridisation Fuelled Diversification in Acropora Corals18
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Shared Dispersal Patterns but Contrasting Levels of Gene Flow in Two Anadromous Salmonids Along a Broad Subarctic Coastal Gradient18
Genomic divergence and introgression between cryptic species of a widespread North American songbird18
Molecular insights into the dynamics of species invasion by hybridisation in Tasmanian eucalypts18
Museomics Sheds Light on Evolutionary Diversity in a Critically Endangered Cockatoo Species From Wallacea18
Secondary contact erodes Pleistocene diversification in a wide‐ranging freshwater mussel (Quadrula)18
Genomic and functional evidence reveals convergent evolution in fishes on the Tibetan Plateau18
Genetic mechanisms and biological processes underlying host response to ophidiomycosis (snake fungal disease) inferred from tissue‐specific transcriptome analyses18
Maternally derived avian corticosterone affects offspring genome‐wide DNA methylation in a passerine species18
Phylogeography of the wide‐host range panglobal plant pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi17
Comparative Population Genomic Diversity and Differentiation in Trapdoor Spiders and Relatives (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)17
Genomic analysis reveals a polygenic architecture of antler morphology in wild red deer (Cervus elaphus)17
Mitonuclear interactions impact aerobic metabolism in hybrids and may explain mitonuclear discordance in young, naturally hybridizing bird lineages17
Facilitated introgression from domestic goat into Alpine ibex at immune loci17
Spatial variation in genomic signatures of local adaptation during the cane toad invasion of Australia17
Coral larvae suppress heat stress response during the onset of symbiosis decreasing their odds of survival17
Biogeography and the evolution of acoustic communication in the polyploid North American grey treefrog complex17
A genomic assessment of the marine‐speciation paradox within the toothed whale superfamily Delphinoidea17
Genetic architecture and heritability of early‐life telomere length in a wild passerine17
Cophylogenetic analyses ofTrachymyrmexant‐fungal specificity: “One to one with some exceptions”17
Panzootic chytrid fungus exploits diverse amphibian host environments through plastic infection strategies17
Runs of homozygosity reveal contrasting histories of inbreeding across global lineages of the edible porcini mushroom, Boletus edulis17
Barriers to chimpanzee gene flow at the south‐east edge of their distribution17
Gene expression underlying parenting and being parented shows limited plasticity in response to different ambient temperatures17
Demographic history shapes genomic variation in an intracellular parasite with a wide geographical distribution17
Population Genomics of Adaptive Radiations: Exceptionally High Levels of Genetic Diversity and Recombination in an Endemic Spider From the Canary Islands17
Structure, variation and assembly of body‐wide microbiomes in endangered crested ibisNipponia nippon17
The worldwide invasion history of a pest ambrosia beetle inferred using population genomics17
Parentage analysis across age cohorts reveals sex differences in reproductive skew in a group‐living cichlid fish,Neolamprologus multifasciatus17
Philopatry influences the genetic population structure of the blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) at multiple spatial scales16
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Large‐scale DNA barcoding of the subfamily Culterinae (Cypriniformes: Xenocyprididae) in East Asia unveils a geographical scale effect, taxonomic warnings and cryptic diversity16
Global dissemination of influenza A virus is driven by wild bird migration through arctic and subarctic zones16
Contrast and Genomic Characterisation of Ancient and Recent Interspecific Introgression Between Deeply Diverged Moustache Toads (Leptobrachium)16
The holocentric chromosome microevolution: From phylogeographic patterns to genomic associations with environmental gradients16
Conserved and Unique Protein Expression Patterns Across Reproductive Stage Transitions in Social Hymenopteran Queens16
Fine‐scale genome‐wide signature of Pleistocene glaciation in Thitarodes moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae), host of Ophiocordyceps fungus in the Hengduan Mountains16
The Roles of Plasticity and Selection in Rapid Phenotypic Changes at the Pacific Oyster Invasion Front in Europe16
African climate and geomorphology drive evolution and ghost introgression in sable antelope16
Patterns of genetic variation and local adaptation of a native herbivore to a lethal invasive plant16
Immune gene expression in the mosquito vector Culex quinquefasciatus during an avian malaria infection16
Soil microbial diversity and community composition during conversion from conventional to organic agriculture16
Clones on the run: The genomics of a recently expanded partially clonal species16
Genomic hotspots of chromosome rearrangements explain conserved synteny despite high rates of chromosome evolution in a holocentric lineage16
Interspecies genome divergence is predominantly due to frequent small scale rearrangements in Eucalyptus16
The genomics of phenotypically differentiated Asellusaquaticus cave, surface stream and lake ecotypes16
Demography and evolutionary history of grey wolf populations around the Bering Strait16
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Testing concordance and conflict in spatial replication of landscape genetics inferences16
Effects of hunting on mating, relatedness, and genetic diversity in a puma population16
The for gene as one of the drivers of foraging variations in a parasitic wasp16
Rapid adaptive radiation in a hillstream cyprinid fish in the East African White Nile River basin16
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Temporal collections to study invasion biology16
Genomic divergence of Stellera chamaejasme through local selection across the Qinghai–Tibet plateau and northern China16
Metabarcoding analysis of marine zooplankton confirms the ecological role of a sheltered bight along an exposed continental shelf16
Population structure in Neotropical plants: Integrating pollination biology, topography and climatic niches16
Multiple introductions, polyploidy and mixed reproductive strategies are linked to genetic diversity and structure in the most widespread invasive plant across Southern Ocean archipelagos15
Genetic features of bivalve transmissible neoplasia in blue mussels from the Kola Bay (Barents Sea) suggest a recent trans‐Arctic migration of the cancer lineages15
An aphid symbiont confers protection against a specialized RNA virus, another increases vulnerability to the same pathogen15
Comparative Population Genomics Reveal the Determinants of Genome Erosion in Two Sympatric Neotropical Falcons15
Community‐wide correlations between species richness, abundance and population genomic diversity in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot15
Experimental evidence that root‐associated fungi improve plant growth at high altitude15
Bacterial‐fungal interactions and their impact on microbial pathogenesis15
The dynamic response to hypo‐osmotic stress reveals distinct stages of freshwater acclimation by a euryhaline diatom15
The role of neutral and adaptive genomic variation in population diversification and speciation in two ground squirrel species of conservation concern15
Contrasting Genomic Diversity and Inbreeding Levels Among Two Closely Related Falcon Species With Overlapping Geographic Distributions15
Riverscape community genomics: A comparative analytical approach to identify common drivers of spatial structure15
First insight into oral microbiome diversity in Papua New Guineans reveals a specific regional signature15
Slow and steady wins the race: Spatial and stochastic processes and the failure of suppression gene drives15
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