Molecular Ecology

Papers
(The TQCC of Molecular Ecology is 11. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
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Experimental evidence that root‐associated fungi improve plant growth at high altitude202
More complex than you think: Taxonomic and temporal patterns of plant–pollinator networks of caraway (Carum carvi L.)184
Demographic modelling helps track the rapid and recent divergence of a conifer species pair from Central Mexico136
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Genetic and telomeric variability: Insights from a tropical avian hybrid zone74
Clones on the run: The genomics of a recently expanded partially clonal species64
Community‐wide correlations between species richness, abundance and population genomic diversity in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot62
Understanding the role of temperature in seasonal timing: Effects on behavioural, physiological and molecular phenotypes55
Decoding plant‐induced transcriptomic variability and consistency in two related polyphagous mites differing in host ranges52
Evolutionary roles of polyploidization‐derived structural variations in the phenotypic diversification of Panax species52
Adaptive cellular evolution or cellular system drift in hares49
Hybrid enrichment of adaptive variation revealed by genotype–environment associations in montane sedges48
Bacterial communities in a subarctic stream network: Spatial and seasonal patterns of benthic biofilm and bacterioplankton48
Association between parasite microbiomes and caste development and colony structure in a social trematode47
Interspecies genome divergence is predominantly due to frequent small scale rearrangements in Eucalyptus47
Effect of urbanization and parasitism on the gut microbiota of Darwin's finch nestlings45
The transcriptional state and chromatin landscape of cichlid jaw shape variation across species and environments45
Museomics Sheds Light on Evolutionary Diversity in a Critically Endangered Cockatoo Species From Wallacea44
Genomic, morphological and physiological data support fast ecotypic differentiation and incipient speciation in an alpine diving beetle44
The effect of divergent and parallel selection on the genomic landscape of divergence43
Discovery of XY Sex Chromosomes in Mauremys mutica Provides Insights Into the Role of KDM6B Gene in Coexistence of Temperature‐Dependent and Genetic Sex Determination43
Positive selection in gamete interaction proteins in Carnivora43
Ecology Not Genetic Covariance Explains Correlated Trait Divergence During Speciation42
Diving into the diversity of colour patterns in reef fishes42
Evolutionary History and Rhizosphere Microbial Community Composition in Domesticated Hops (Humulus lupulus L.)42
Long‐read sequencing in ecology and evolution: Understanding how complex genetic and epigenetic variants shape biodiversity41
Whole‐genome resequencing confirms reproductive isolation between sympatric demes of brown trout (Salmo trutta) detected with allozymes39
Organellar DNA continues to provide a rich source of information in the genomics era39
Genetic Adaptation to Brackish Water and Spawning Season in European Cisco38
Host‐pathogen‐environment interactions predict survival outcomes of adult sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) released from fisheries38
Hypoxia as a physiological cue and pathological stress for coral larvae37
Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus37
A genomic assessment of the marine‐speciation paradox within the toothed whale superfamily Delphinoidea37
DNA Methylation Dynamics Reflect Sex and Status Differences in Mortality Rates in a Polygynous Bat37
The impacts of positive selection on genomic variation in Drosophila serrata: Insights from a deep learning approach37
Genomic analysis of a parasite invasion: Colonization of the Americas by the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni36
Brazilian marine phylogeography: A literature synthesis and analysis of barriers36
Combined Evidence Reveals the Origin of a Rapid Range Expansion Despite Retained Genetic Diversity and a Weak Founder Effect36
On the origin and structure of haplotype blocks36
Grassland ecosystem type drives AM fungal diversity and functional guild distribution in North American grasslands36
Genome‐wide SNP assessment of contemporary European red deer genetic structure highlights the distinction of peripheral populations and the main admixture zones in Europe35
Traits and tradeoffs among non‐native ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts affect pine seedling establishment in a Hawaiian coinvasion landscape35
Acclimatory gene expression of primed clams enhances robustness to elevated pCO234
Genomic divergence and introgression between cryptic species of a widespread North American songbird34
Out of the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau: Genomic biogeography of the alpine monospecific genus Megadenia (Biscutelleae, Brassicaceae)33
Diversification along a benthic to pelagic gradient contributes to fish diversity in the world's largest lake (Lake Baikal, Russia)33
The effect of a temperature‐sensitive prophage on the evolution of virulence in an opportunistic bacterial pathogen32
Phylogenetic diversity only weakly mitigates climate‐change‐driven biodiversity loss in insect communities32
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Large effective population size masks population genetic structure in Hirondellea amphipods within the deepest marine ecosystem, the Mariana Trench32
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Primrose homostyles: A classic case of possible balancing selection revisited32
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Tidal gradients, fine‐scale homing and a potential cryptic ecotype of wild spawning pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)31
Evolutionary ecology of denitrifying methanotrophic NC10 bacteria in the deep‐sea biosphere31
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
Regulation of host gene expression by gastrointestinal tract microbiota in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)31
Genome‐wide phylogeography reveals cryptic speciation in the circumglobal planktonic calcifier Limacina bulimoides31
Limited introgression from non‐native commercial strains and signatures of adaptation in the key pollinator Bombus terrestris31
Combined genome and transcriptome provides insight into the genetic evolution of an edible halophyte Suaeda salsa adaptation to high salinity31
Genome‐wide variant analyses reveal new patterns of admixture and population structure in Australian dingoes30
Microbiomes associated with avian malaria survival differ between susceptible Hawaiian honeycreepers and sympatric malaria‐resistant introduced birds30
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Genetic mixing in conservation translocations increases diversity of a keystone threatened species, Bettongia lesueur30
Cophylogeny and specificity between cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.) at Mo′orea and their symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae)30
Satellite DNA evolution in Corvoidea inferred from short and long reads29
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Characterizing feral swine movement across the contiguous United States using neural networks and genetic data28
The first steps toward a global pandemic: Reconstructing the demographic history of parasite host switches in its native range28
Demographic changes in Pleistocene sea turtles were driven by past sea level fluctuations affecting feeding habitat availability28
Genomic variation across Chinook salmon populations reveals effects of a duplication on migration alleles and supports fine scale structure28
Recurrent Hybridisations During Diversification of One Rhododendron Species Complex28
When do autopolyploids need poly‐sequencing data?28
Integrative biological analyses of responses to food deprivation reveal resilience mechanisms in sea urchin larvae27
Genetic responses in sexual diploid and unisexual triploid goldfish (Carassius auratus) introduced into a high‐altitude environment27
An Early‐Life Disruption of Gut Microbiota Has Opposing Effects on Parasite Resistance in Two Host Species27
Reticulate and Hybrid Speciation is Promoted by Environmental Instability in an Indo‐Pacific Species Complex of Whistlers (Aves: Pachycephala)27
Variation in phenotypic plasticity across age‐at‐maturity genotypes in wild Atlantic salmon27
Heterogeneous patterns of heterozygosity loss in isolated populations of the threatened eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii)27
Infection by the Lungworm Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala Affects the Expression of Immune‐Related microRNAs by Its Co‐Evolved Host, the Cane Toad Rhinella marina26
Nestling sex and behaviour determine the host preference of insect vectors in avian nests26
Historical Lead Contamination Linked to Atmospheric Deposition is Associated With Declines in Ectomycorrhizal Diversity and Shifts in Fungal Community Composition26
Environmental heterogeneity structures root‐associated fungal communities in Daphne arbuscula (Thymelaeaceae), a shrub adapted to extreme rocky habitats26
Tracking population structure and phenology through time using ancient genomes from waterlogged white oak wood26
Semi‐quantitative metabarcoding reveals how climate shapes arthropod community assembly along elevation gradients on Hawaii Island26
Gene Expression Associated With Behaviour Manipulation in Wood Ants Infected With Larval Lancet Fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum26
Convergent Evolutionary Dead‐End and Breakdown of Hard Chorion in Parental‐Egg‐Care Fish Reproductive Strategies26
Highly Expressed Odorant Receptor Orthologs Detect the Aggregation Pheromone Lineatin in Trypodendron Ambrosia Beetles26
Ultraconserved Elements Reveal the Relationship Between Facultative Keratinophagy and Synanthropic Evolution in Clothes Moths26
Telomere dysfunction is associated with dark‐induced bleaching in the reef coral Stylophora pistillata25
Environmental conditions drive zooplankton community structure in the epipelagic oceanic water of the southern Gulf of Mexico: A molecular approach25
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Recent genetic exchanges and admixture shape the genome and population structure of the zoonotic pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum25
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Larger, more connected societies of ants have a higher prevalence of viruses25
Phylogeography of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) throughout the USA identifies candidate loci for differences in vectorial capacity25
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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
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Sexy fingers: Pheromones in the glands of male dendrobatid frogs24
Lineage and role in integrative taxonomy of a heterotrophic orchid complex24
Molecular mechanisms underlying plasticity in a thermally varying environment24
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The challenge of demonstrating contemporary natural selection on polygenic quantitative traits in the wild24
The genomic basis of reproductive and migratory behaviour in a polymorphic salmonid23
Evolutionary variation in gene conversion at the avian MHC is explained by fluctuating selection, gene copy numbers and life history23
The Genetic Architecture of Local Adaptation and Reproductive Character Displacement in Scutiger boulengeri Complex (Anura: Megophryidae)23
Comparative population genomics of manta rays has global implications for management23
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Phylogenomics and phylogeographic model testing using convolutional neural networks reveal a history of recent admixture in the Canarian Kleinia neriifolia23
Molecular ecology of microbiomes in the wild: Common pitfalls, methodological advances and future directions23
Ephemeral Speciation in a New Guinean Honeyeater Complex (Aves: Melidectes)23
Immune genotypes, immune responses, and survival in a wild bird population23
Inferring the ecological and evolutionary determinants of community genetic diversity23
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Evolved and Plastic Gene Expression in Adaptation of a Specialist Fly to a Novel Niche23
Host preference explains the high endemism of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a dipterocarp rainforest23
Plasticity for the win: Flexible transcriptional response to host plant switches in the comma butterfly (Polygonia c‐album)23
Cryptic hybridization between the ancient lineages of Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri)23
Combining GWAS and population genomic analyses to characterize coevolution in a legume‐rhizobia symbiosis23
Parental breeding decisions and genetic quality predict social structure of independent offspring22
Phenotypic cross‐species conservation and cross‐generation directionality switching in epigenetic inheritance22
Population genomic structure of a widespread, urban‐dwelling mammal: The eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)22
DNA methylation markers of age(ing) in non‐model animals22
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Sex chromosome heteromorphism and the Fast‐X effect in poeciliids22
Parentage influence on gene expression under acidification revealed through single‐embryo sequencing22
Omics to Study and Manage Aquatic Environments: A Snapshot From the AquaEcOmics Meeting (Evian‐les‐Bains, 2025)22
Seascape genomics of coastal bottlenose dolphins along strong gradients of temperature and salinity22
Genetic adaptation despite high gene flow in a range‐expanding population22
Heat‐stress memory enhances the acclimation of a migratory insect pest to global warming22
Defence by duplication: The relation between phenotypic glyphosate resistance and EPSPS gene copy number variation in Amaranthus palmeri22
Investigating the genetic basis of vertebrate dispersal combining RNA‐seq, RAD‐seq and quantitative genetics22
Do Snow‐Adapted Prey Facilitate Coexistence of the Sierra Nevada Red Fox With Sympatric Carnivores?22
Longitudinal gut microbiome dynamics in relation to age and senescence in a wild animal population22
Long‐term biogeographical processes dominate patterns of genetic diversity in a wingless grasshopper despite substantial recent habitat fragmentation22
Shuffling between Cladocopium and Durusdinium extensively modifies the physiology of each symbiont without stressing the coral host21
Whole‐genome sequencing illuminates multifaceted targets of selection to humic substances in Eurasian perch21
Brettanomyces bruxellensis: Overview of the genetic and phenotypic diversity of an anthropized yeast21
Ectoparasite presence and brood size manipulation interact to accelerate telomere shortening in nestling jackdaws21
Revisiting old truths: The evolution of male coloration in guppies as a function of predation21
Relic DNA obscures DNA‐based profiling of multiple microbial taxonomic groups in a river‐reservoir ecosystem21
Seasonal dynamics of the wild rodent faecal virome21
Wild sunflower goes viral: Citizen science and comparative genomics allow tracking the origin and establishment of invasive sunflower in the Levant21
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Geographical distance, host evolutionary history and diet drive gut microbiome diversity of fish across the Yellow River21
Genetic analysis reveals the putative native range and widespread double‐clonal reproduction in the invasive longhorn crazy ant21
Genomic health is dependent on long‐term population demographic history21
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Diet in phenotypically divergent sympatric species of African weakly electric fish (genus: Campylomormyrus)—A hybrid capture/HTS metabarcoding approach20
Phylogeography of horseshoe bat sarbecoviruses in Vietnam and neighbouring countries. Implications for the origins of SARSCoV and SARSCoV‐220
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Multiple genomic solutions for local adaptation in two closely related species (sheep and goats) facing the same climatic constraints20
Repeated Mitochondrial Capture With Limited Genomic Introgression in a Lizard Group20
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Long live the host! Proteomic analysis reveals possible strategies for parasitic manipulation of its social host20
Brain and antennal transcriptomes of host ants reveal potential links between behaviour and the functioning of socially parasitic colonies20
Defence‐relevant gene expression differences in hatchlings among wild Newfoundland and farmed European and North American Atlantic salmon and their hybrids19
Genetic legacies of mega‐landslides: Cycles of isolation and contact across flank collapses in an oceanic island19
Social Complexity During Early Development has Long‐Term Effects on Neuroplasticity in the Social Decision‐Making Network19
Correction to “The Opposed Forces of Differentiation and Admixture Across Glacial Cycles in the Butterfly Aglais urticae19
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
Metabarcoding for biodiversity inventory blind spots: A test case using the beetle fauna of an insular cloud forest19
Parental effects in a filamentous fungus: Phenotype, fitness and mechanism19
Gene expression differentiation in the reproductive tissues of Drosophila willistoni subspecies and their hybrids19
High promiscuity among females of the invasive pest species Drosophila suzukii19
Whole genome population structure of North Atlantic kelp confirms high‐latitude glacial refugia19
A Test of the Long‐Term Efficiency of Genetic Rescue With Drosophila melanogaster19
Speciation patterns of related species under the hybrid zone: A case study of three sclerophyllous oaks in the east Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains19
Repeatome evolution across space and time: Unravelling repeats dynamics in the plant genus Erythrostemon Klotzsch (Leguminosae Juss)19
The structure of tropical bat–plant interaction networks during an extreme El Niño‐Southern Oscillation event19
Strategies to identify and dissect trade‐offs in plants19
Environmental DNA unveils deep phylogeographic structure of a freshwater fish19
It is time for ancient DNA to sweat the small stuff19
Rhizobium nodule diversity and composition are influenced by clover host selection and local growth conditions19
Different trematode parasites in the same snail host: Species‐specific or shared microbiota?19
Selection for Tameness in Red Junglefowl Recapitulates Genetic Loci Associated With Domestication‐Related Brain Composition19
Fitness consequences of population bottlenecks in an invasive blowfly19
Complex dynamics of coral gene expression responses to low pH across species19
No Evidence That Life History Strategies Shape Within‐Body Mosaics of Ageing19
Whole‐genome sequencing reveals fine‐scale environment‐associated divergence near the range limits of a temperate reef fish19
Complex adaptive architecture underlies adaptation to quantitative host resistance in a fungal plant pathogen19
Genomic architecture underlying morphological and physiological adaptation to high elevation in a songbird19
Population genomics and sexual signals support reproductive character displacement in Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in a contact zone19
Divergence of alternative sugar preferences through modulation of the expression and activity of the Gal3 sensor in yeast19
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Pathogen invasion increases the abundance of predatory protists and their prey associations in the plant microbiome18
Escalation by duplication: Milkweed bug trumps Monarch butterfly18
Expression of Elongase‐ and Desaturase‐Encoding Genes Shapes the Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles of Honey Bees18
Genomic, Phenotypic and Environmental Correlates of Speciation in the Midwife Toads (Alytes)18
Age‐ and caste‐independent piRNAs in the germline and miRNA profiles linked to caste and fecundity in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus18
Genomic and phenotypic changes associated with alterations of migratory behaviour in a songbird18
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Social and paternal female choice for male MHC genes in golden snub‐nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)18
Biodiversity Genomics Research Practices Require Harmonising to Meet Stakeholder Needs in Conservation18
Pleistocene parades of carnivores into North America18
Different molecular changes underlie the same phenotypic transition: Origins and consequences of independent shifts to homostyly within species18
The faecal metabolome of black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) varies in response to seasonal dietary changes18
Synthesizing environmental, epidemiological and vector and parasite genetic data to assist decision making for disease elimination18
Fire shapes fungal guild diversity and composition through direct and indirect pathways18
Do chromosome rearrangements fix by genetic drift or natural selection? Insights from Brenthis butterflies18
Population Genetics and Invasion History of the European Starling Across Aotearoa New Zealand18
Frequent Hybridisation Between Parapatric Lekking Bird‐of‐Paradise Species18
Genomic‐based epidemiology reveals independent origins and gene flow of glyphosate resistance in Bassia scoparia populations across North America18
Genomics reveal population structure, evolutionary history, and signatures of selection in the northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus18
Domestication and evolutionary histories of specialized gut symbionts across cephalotine ants18
Adaptive divergence in bill morphology and other thermoregulatory traits is facilitated by restricted gene flow in song sparrows on the California Channel Islands18
Differential temperature effects on photoperiodism in female voles: A possible explanation for declines in vole populations17
Global flyway evolution in red knots Calidris canutus and genetic evidence for a Nearctic refugium17
Host genotype and microbiome associations in co‐occurring clonal and non‐clonal kelp, Ecklonia radiata17
Living with chronic infection: Persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent17
Transgressive gene expression and expression plasticity under thermal stress in a stable hybrid zone17
Strong Bottlenecks Constrain Adaptive Coevolution in a Host–Parasite Metapopulation17
Variable hybridization between two Lake Tanganyikan cichlid species in recent secondary contact17
Habitat‐linked genetic variation supports microgeographic adaptive divergence in an island‐endemic bird species17
Linking large‐scale genetic structure of three Argynnini butterfly species to geography and environment17
Understanding Dynamic Molecular Responses Is Key to Designing Environmental Stress Experiments: A Review of Gene and Protein Expression in Cnidaria Under Stress17
Divergent island hybrids mixed waves of ancient gene flow17
Distinct patterns of inheritance shape life‐history traits in steelhead trout17
High Quality Diet Enhances Immune Response and Affects Gene Expression During Viral Infection in an Insect Herbivore17
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Tissue‐specific transcriptional patterns underlie seasonal phenotypes in honey bees (Apis mellifera)17
Understanding stochastic and deterministic assembly processes in microbial communities along temporal, spatial and environmental scales17
Genomic associations with poxvirus across divergent island populations in Berthelot's pipit17
Robust Sensory Traits Across Light Habitats: Visual Signals but Not Receptors Vary in Centrarchids Inhabiting Distinct Photic Environments17
Not All Bark Beetles Smell the Same: Population‐Level Functional Olfactory Polymorphisms in Ips typographus Pheromone Receptor ItypOR3317
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Fifty Years of Conservation Genetics: A Personal Perspective17
Immune gene regulation is associated with age and environmental adversity in a nonhuman primate17
Epigenomic Changes in Ostrinia Moths Under Elevated Pupal and Adult Temperature17
Parallel duplication and loss of aquaporin‐coding genes during the “out of the sea” transition as potential key drivers of animal terrestrialization17
Impact of disturbance and dietary shift on gastrointestinal bacterial community and its invertebrate host system17
Plant invasion reconstructs soil microbial assembly and functionality in coastal salt marshes17
Expression patterns of melanin‐related genes are linked to crypsis and conspicuousness in a pumpkin toadlet17
Evaluating the persistence and utility of five wild Vitis species in the context of climate change17
Expression–environment associations in transcriptomic heat stress responses for a global plant lineage17
Amazonian colonization from the Atlantic Forest: New perspectives on the connections of South American tropical forests17
Preserving Wild Pears: Using Genomic Data to Assess Species Boundaries, Interspecific Hybridization, and Genetic Diversity to Inform Conservation17
Evolution of Hybrid Inviability Associated With Chromosome Fusions16
Large X‐effects are absent in torrent frogs with nascent sex chromosomes16
Species' attributes predict the relative magnitude of ecological and genetic recovery following mass mortality16
Coping with antagonistic predation risks: Predator‐dependent unique responses are dominant in Ceriodaphnia cornuta16
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Does exposure to different menstrual products affect the vaginal environment?16
Distinct routes to parallel adaptation in a mountain plant16
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