Senckenberg Biodiversity

Nov 5, 2024 | cell.com | Scott W Yanco |Senckenberg Biodiversity

Keywordsbiodiversity lossanimal trackingmovement ecologypopulationsGet full text accessLog in, subscribe or purchase for full access. References1. Díaz, S. ... Summary for Policymakers of the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services2. Geldmann, J. ... Prioritize wild species abundance indicatorsScience. 2023; 380:591-5923. Sutherland, W.J. ... Identification of 100 fundamental ecological questionsJ. Ecol. 2013; 101:58-674. Kays, R. ...

Aug 13, 2024 | journals.plos.org | Senckenberg Biodiversity |Markus Pfenninger |María Esther Nieto-Blázquez |Manuela Gómez-Suárez

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewedResearch Article Citation: Nieto-Blázquez ME, Gómez-Suárez M, Pfenninger M, Koch K (2024) Impact of feralization on evolutionary trajectories in the genomes of feral cat island populations. PLoS ONE 19(8): e0308724. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308724Editor: Franck Courchamp, Universite Paris-Saclay, FRANCEReceived: February 7, 2024; Accepted: July 29, 2024; Published: August 13, 2024Copyright: © 2024 Nieto-Blázquez et al.

Jun 14, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Markus Pfenninger |Senckenberg Biodiversity

AbstractThis study explores the potential of a novel genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach for identifying loci underlying quantitative polygenic traits in natural populations. Extensive population genetic forward simulations demonstrate that the approach is generally effective for oligogenic and moderately polygenic traits and relatively insensitive to low heritability, but applicability is limited for highly polygenic architectures and pronounced population structure.

May 29, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Maide Nesibe Macit |Senckenberg Biodiversity |Erwann Collin |Markus Pfenninger

1 INTRODUCTION Parasites often exert significant selection pressure on their hosts, leading to the evolution of counter-adaptations in the host aimed at minimizing the parasites' impact. This dynamic fuels an arms race, resulting in reciprocal co-adaptations in both interaction partners (Dawkins & Krebs, 1979; Tellier et al., 2014).

Aug 16, 2023 | academic.oup.com | Senckenberg Biodiversity |Freie Universität Berlin

The crabs in the subfamily Polydectinae (family Xanthidae) have adapted a defence behaviour in which living invertebrates are used as protection from predators. The polydectine crabs carry a living invertebrate, a sea anemone or nudibranch, in each claw, which is positioned in front of the body and waved to scare off attackers. In an attempt to trace the origin of this behaviour, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of 19 crabs (encompassing 12 genera) from museum samples.