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View article: Climate change predicts Quaternary extinctions and extant genetic diversity in a threatened Australian lizard
Climate change predicts Quaternary extinctions and extant genetic diversity in a threatened Australian lizard Open
Anthropogenic climate change poses a major threat to biodiversity worldwide; however, estimating its future impacts remains challenging. To predict and mitigate future biodiversity loss, transdisciplinary approaches are essential yet seldo…
View article: Regional conservation genomics: insights and opportunities from northern Australia
Regional conservation genomics: insights and opportunities from northern Australia Open
Biodiversity conservation in northern Australia is characterised by high endemism, data deficiency, and high Indigenous land tenure and population. The Northern Australia Conservation Genomics Forum brought together experts to explore curr…
View article: Sperm morphology of the Australasian hydromyine rodents and the interactions between the spermatozoon and oocyte at the time of fertilisation
Sperm morphology of the Australasian hydromyine rodents and the interactions between the spermatozoon and oocyte at the time of fertilisation Open
Context This paper explores the morphology of spermatozoa in Australian hydromyine rodents, specifically focusing on the plains mouse (Pseudomys australis), and examines the interactions between sperm and eggs at time of fertilisation. Aim…
View article: Range size variably predicts genetic diversity in <i>Gehyra</i> geckos
Range size variably predicts genetic diversity in <i>Gehyra</i> geckos Open
Genetic diversity is a fundamental population genetic parameter, and predicts adaptive capacity. Neutral theory predicts a positive correlation between population (or range) size and genetic diversity, but this can be confounded by other d…
View article: Pleistocene climatic changes drive expansion and fragmentation in a widespread arid zone specialist, Petrogale lateralis
Pleistocene climatic changes drive expansion and fragmentation in a widespread arid zone specialist, Petrogale lateralis Open
Organisms living in arid biomes are predicted to be at threat of extinction associated with ongoing climatic and anthropogenic change. Our understanding of species responses to Pleistocene climatic changes within these environments is stil…
View article: Sperm competition intensity shapes divergence in both sperm morphology and reproductive genes across murine rodents
Sperm competition intensity shapes divergence in both sperm morphology and reproductive genes across murine rodents Open
It remains unclear how variation in the intensity of sperm competition shapes phenotypic and molecular evolution across clades. Mice and rats in the subfamily Murinae are a rapid radiation exhibiting incredible diversity in sperm morpholog…
View article: Building meaningful collaboration in conservation genetics and genomics
Building meaningful collaboration in conservation genetics and genomics Open
Genetic diversity is the foundation of biodiversity, and preserving it is therefore fundamental to conservation practice. However, global conservation efforts face significant challenges integrating genetic and genomic approaches into appl…
View article: Range size variably predicts genetic diversity in Gehyra geckos
Range size variably predicts genetic diversity in Gehyra geckos Open
Genetic diversity is a fundamental population genetic parameter, and predicts adaptive capacity. Neutral theory predicts a positive correlation between population (or range) size and genetic diversity, but this can be confounded by other d…
View article: The first complete mitochondrial genome data of the Afghan pika Ochotona rufescens (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae), near the type locality
The first complete mitochondrial genome data of the Afghan pika Ochotona rufescens (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae), near the type locality Open
The Afghan pika Ochotona rufescens (Gray, 1842) is widely distributed across the mountains of Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and southwestern Turkmenistan, most often at elevations between 2,000 and 3,000 m. Here we present, for the first ti…
View article: Speciation across biomes: Rapid diversification with reproductive isolation in the Australian delicate mice
Speciation across biomes: Rapid diversification with reproductive isolation in the Australian delicate mice Open
Phylogeographic studies of continental clades, especially when combined with palaeoclimate modelling, provide powerful insight into how environment drives speciation across climatic contexts. Australia, a continent characterized by dispara…
View article: Genetic mixing in conservation translocations increases diversity of a keystone threatened species, <i>Bettongia lesueur</i>
Genetic mixing in conservation translocations increases diversity of a keystone threatened species, <i>Bettongia lesueur</i> Open
Translocation programmes are increasingly being informed by genetic data to monitor and enhance conservation outcomes for both natural and established populations. These data provide a window into contemporary patterns of genetic diversity…
View article: Sperm competition intensity shapes divergence in both sperm morphology and reproductive genes across murine rodents
Sperm competition intensity shapes divergence in both sperm morphology and reproductive genes across murine rodents Open
It remains unclear how variation in the intensity of sperm competition shapes phenotypic and molecular evolution across clades. Mice and rats in the subfamily Murinae are a rapid radiation exhibiting incredible diversity in sperm morpholog…
View article: Population genomics of decline and local extinction in the endangered Australian Pookila
Population genomics of decline and local extinction in the endangered Australian Pookila Open
Modern sequencing approaches, especially museum genomics, have unlocked the potential to integrate genome-scale data from across decades of collections to reconstruct population decline and extinction. Understanding species declines, both …
View article: Compressed nexus alignment for 270 samples
Compressed nexus alignment for 270 samples Open
Nucleotide sequence alignment in nexus format for all 270 samples and all loci
View article: Sequence alignments for Pseudomys novaehollandiae
Sequence alignments for Pseudomys novaehollandiae Open
Processed sequence data to accompany the manuscript "Population genomics of decline and local extinction in the endangered Australian Pookila" Files include: Nuclear exon alignment in nexus format (all_pookila_nuclear_exon_alignment.nex) W…
View article: Sequence Capture From Historical Museum Specimens: Maximizing Value for Population and Phylogenomic Studies
Sequence Capture From Historical Museum Specimens: Maximizing Value for Population and Phylogenomic Studies Open
The application of high-throughput, short-read sequencing to degraded DNA has greatly increased the feasibility of generating genomic data from historical museum specimens. While many published studies report successful sequencing results …
View article: Digest: Drivers of diversification in Indo‐Australian monitor lizards*
Digest: Drivers of diversification in Indo‐Australian monitor lizards* Open
What factors drive diversification in species groups with wide distributions and high morphological disparity? Pavón-Vázquez et al. used an extensive morphological and phylogenetic dataset to investigate patterns of diversification in moni…
View article: Museum genomics reveals the rapid decline and extinction of Australian rodents since European settlement
Museum genomics reveals the rapid decline and extinction of Australian rodents since European settlement Open
Australia has the highest historically recorded rate of mammalian extinction in the world, with 34 terrestrial species declared extinct since European colonization in 1788. Among Australian mammals, rodents have been the most severely affe…
View article: Molecular Evolution of Ecological Specialisation: Genomic Insights from the Diversification of Murine Rodents
Molecular Evolution of Ecological Specialisation: Genomic Insights from the Diversification of Murine Rodents Open
Adaptive radiations are characterized by the diversification and ecological differentiation of species, and replicated cases of this process provide natural experiments for understanding the repeatability and pace of molecular evolution. D…
View article: Roycroft_etal_murine_exome_alignment.nex.zip
Roycroft_etal_murine_exome_alignment.nex.zip Open
This dataset accompanies the manuscript: " Molecular Evolution of Ecological Specialisation: Genomic Insights from the Diversification of Murine Rodents". Emily Roycroft, Anang Achmadi, Colin M Callahan, Jacob A Esselstyn, Jeffrey M Good, …
View article: Compressed sequence alignments
Compressed sequence alignments Open
There are four files contained in this compressed folder1) sequence alignment used to generate the species-level dated phylogeny (Figure 1, Roycroft_species_level.phy)2) sequence alignment used to generate intraspecies phylogeny (Figure S1…
View article: Native and Introduced Trypanosome Parasites in Endemic and Introduced Murine Rodents of Sulawesi
Native and Introduced Trypanosome Parasites in Endemic and Introduced Murine Rodents of Sulawesi Open
The Indonesian island of Sulawesi is a globally significant biodiversity hotspot with substantial undescribed biota, particularly blood-borne parasites of endemic wildlife. Documenting the blood parasites of Sulawesi's murine rodents is th…
View article: Convergent evolution of tail spines in squamate reptiles driven by microhabitat use
Convergent evolution of tail spines in squamate reptiles driven by microhabitat use Open
The repeated evolution of convergent or analogous traits is often used as evidence for adaptive evolution. Squamate reptiles show a high degree of convergence in a variety of morphological traits; however, the evolutionary mechanisms drivi…
View article: Supplementary Table 1. Data from Convergent evolution of tail spines in squamate reptiles driven by microhabitat use
Supplementary Table 1. Data from Convergent evolution of tail spines in squamate reptiles driven by microhabitat use Open
Body size, microhabitat and spiny tail data of the 2877 squamate species used in the study
View article: Supplementary Table 4. Results of the D statistic from Convergent evolution of tail spines in squamate reptiles driven by microhabitat use
Supplementary Table 4. Results of the D statistic from Convergent evolution of tail spines in squamate reptiles driven by microhabitat use Open
Results of the D statistic, testing for a phylogenetic signal of the spiny tail trait
View article: Supplementary Table 5. Phylogenetic ANOVA results (spiny tails vs microhabitat) from Convergent evolution of tail spines in squamate reptiles driven by microhabitat use
Supplementary Table 5. Phylogenetic ANOVA results (spiny tails vs microhabitat) from Convergent evolution of tail spines in squamate reptiles driven by microhabitat use Open
Results of the phylogenetic ANOVA, testing if there are differences in the number of spiny-tailed species in different microhabitats
View article: Supplementary Table 2. Results of the fitPagel funtion from Convergent evolution of tail spines in squamate reptiles driven by microhabitat use
Supplementary Table 2. Results of the fitPagel funtion from Convergent evolution of tail spines in squamate reptiles driven by microhabitat use Open
Results of the fitPagel function, testing for correlations between the evolution of spiny tails and microhabitat use