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    Molecular Ecology: Volume 29, Issue 6

    1-1213
    March 2020
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COVER IMAGE

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  • Pages: 1-2
  • First Published: 01 April 2020
Cover Image Volume 29 Issue 6, 2020

Cover Illustrations:

Landlocked Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) returning to spawn in a Lake Champlain tributary. These salmon primarily forage on a non-native fish in the lake which causes thiamine deficiency in the salmon, greatly reducing survival of their progeny.

Photo Credit: Vince Franke

PERSPECTIVE

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Linking gene expression patterns with survival studies elucidates adaptive potential in changing environments

Mariah H. Meek, 
  • Pages: 1031-1034
  • First Published: 19 February 2020

FROM THE COVER

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Among-family variation in survival and gene expression uncovers adaptive genetic variation in a threatened fish

Avril M. Harder,  Janna R. Willoughby,  William R. Ardren,  Mark R. Christie, 
  • Pages: 1035-1049
  • First Published: 14 December 2019

see also the Perspective by Meek

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Population and Conservation Genetics

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Genetic diversity, structure, and demography of Pandanus boninensis (Pandanaceae) with sea drifted seeds, endemic to the Ogasawara Islands of Japan: Comparison between young and old islands

Suzuki Setsuko,  Kyoko Sugai,  Ichiro Tamaki,  Koji Takayama,  Hidetoshi Kato,  Hiroshi Yoshimaru, 
  • Pages: 1050-1068
  • First Published: 11 February 2020

Ecological Genomics

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eDNA metabarcoding survey reveals fine-scale coral reef community variation across a remote, tropical island ecosystem

Katrina M. West,  Michael Stat,  Euan S. Harvey,  Craig L. Skepper,  Joseph D. DiBattista,  Zoe T. Richards,  Michael J. Travers,  Stephen J. Newman,  Michael Bunce, 
  • Pages: 1069-1086
  • First Published: 11 February 2020
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An initial comparative genomic autopsy of wasting disease in sea stars

Dannise V. Ruiz-Ramos,  Lauren M. Schiebelhut,  Katharina J. Hoff,  John P. Wares,  Michael N Dawson, 
  • Pages: 1087-1102
  • First Published: 18 February 2020
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Mixed ancestry from wild and domestic lineages contributes to the rapid expansion of invasive feral swine

Timothy J. Smyser,  Michael A. Tabak,  Chris Slootmaker,  Michael S. Robeson II,  Ryan S. Miller,  Mirte Bosse,  Hendrik-Jan Megens,  Martien A. M. Groenen,  Samuel Rezende Paiva,  Danielle Assis de Faria,  Harvey D. Blackburn,  Brandon S. Schmit,  Antoinette J. Piaggio, 
  • Pages: 1103-1119
  • First Published: 21 February 2020

Speciation and Hybridization

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Evidence for widespread selection in shaping the genomic landscape during speciation of Populus

Jing Wang,  Nathaniel R. Street,  Eung-Jun Park,  Jianquan Liu,  Pär K. Ingvarsson, 
  • Pages: 1120-1136
  • First Published: 18 February 2020
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Differential divergence in autosomes and sex chromosomes is associated with intra-island diversification at a very small spatial scale in a songbird lineage

Yann X. C. Bourgeois,  Joris A. M. Bertrand,  Boris Delahaie,  Hélène Holota,  Christophe Thébaud,  Borja Milá, 
  • Pages: 1137-1153
  • First Published: 27 February 2020

Phylogeography

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Congruent population genetic structures and divergence histories in anther-smut fungi and their host plants Silene italica and the Silene nutans species complex

Fanny E. Hartmann,  Alodie Snirc,  Amandine Cornille,  Cécile Godé,  Pascal Touzet,  Fabienne Van Rossum,  Elisabeth Fournier,  Stéphanie Le Prieur,  Jacqui Shykoff,  Tatiana Giraud, 
  • Pages: 1154-1172
  • First Published: 18 February 2020

Kinship, Parentage and Behaviour

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Time spent in distinct life history stages has sex-specific effects on reproductive fitness in wild Atlantic salmon

Kenyon B. Mobley,  Hanna Granroth-Wilding,  Mikko Ellmén,  Panu Orell,  Jaakko Erkinaro,  Craig R. Primmer, 
  • Pages: 1173-1184
  • First Published: 20 February 2020

Ecological Interactions

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An appetite for pests: Synanthropic insectivorous bats exploit cotton pest irruptions and consume various deleterious arthropods

Yuval Cohen,  Shirli Bar-David,  Martin Nielsen,  Kristine Bohmann,  Carmi Korine, 
  • Pages: 1185-1198
  • First Published: 10 March 2020
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Gradients in richness and turnover of a forest passerine's diet prior to breeding: A mixed model approach applied to faecal metabarcoding data

Jack D. Shutt,  James A. Nicholls,  Urmi H. Trivedi,  Malcolm D. Burgess,  Graham N. Stone,  Jarrod D. Hadfield,  Albert B. Phillimore, 
  • Pages: 1199-1213
  • First Published: 26 February 2020