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    Molecular Ecology Resources: Volume 24, Issue 2

    February 2024
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  • First Published: 11 January 2024
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Cover Illustration: Subalpine larch on one side, mixed spruce and fir on the other.

Photo Credit: Sam Yeaman.

PERSPECTIVE

Open Access

A window into local adaptation

Kathrin A. Otte, 
  • First Published: 29 September 2023

FROM THE COVER

Open Access

The WZA: A window-based method for characterizing genotype–environment associations

Tom R. Booker,  Sam Yeaman,  James R. Whiting,  Michael C. Whitlock, 
  • First Published: 13 February 2023

see also the Perspective by Kathrin A. Otte

INVITED TECHNICAL REVIEW

Open Access

Genomics and conservation: Guidance from training to analyses and applications

Lauren M. Schiebelhut,  Annie S. Guillaume,  Arianna Kuhn,  Rena M. Schweizer,  Ellie E. Armstrong,  Mark A. Beaumont,  Margaret Byrne,  Ted Cosart,  Brian K. Hand,  Leif Howard,  Steven M. Mussmann,  Shawn R. Narum,  Rita Rasteiro,  Angel G. Rivera-Colón,  Norah Saarman,  Arun Sethuraman,  Helen R. Taylor,  Gregg W. C. Thomas,  Maren Wellenreuther,  Gordon Luikart, 
  • First Published: 15 November 2023

RESOURCE ARTICLES

Molecular and Statistical Advances

Open Access

Metabarcoding using nanopore long-read sequencing for the unbiased characterization of apicomplexan haemoparasites

Lucas G. Huggins,  Vito Colella,  Neil D. Young,  Rebecca J. Traub, 
  • First Published: 14 October 2023
Open Access

Leveraging whole-genome sequencing to estimate telomere length in plants

Michelle Zavala-Paez,  Jason Holliday,  Jill A. Hamilton, 
  • First Published: 15 November 2023
Open Access

Plant-derived environmental DNA complements diversity estimates from traditional arthropod monitoring methods but outperforms them detecting plant–arthropod interactions

Sven Weber,  Manuel Stothut,  Lisa Mahla,  Alanah Kripp,  Lena Hirschler,  Nina Lenz,  Anneke Junker,  Sven Künzel,  Henrik Krehenwinkel, 
  • First Published: 27 November 2023
Open Access

A framework for identifying fertility gene targets for mammalian pest control

Anna C. Clark,  Rey Edison,  Kevin Esvelt,  Sebastian Kamau,  Ludovic Dutoit,  Jackson Champer,  Samuel E. Champer,  Philipp W. Messer,  Alana Alexander,  Neil J. Gemmell, 
  • First Published: 27 November 2023
Open Access

A minimally invasive, field-applicable CRISPR/Cas biosensor to aid in the detection of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causative fungal agent of white-nose syndrome in bats

Adam A. Pérez,  Abigail Tobin,  John V. Stechly,  Jason A. Ferrante,  Margaret E. Hunter, 
  • First Published: 08 December 2023
Open Access

Evaluating the use of lake sedimentary DNA in palaeolimnology: A comparison with long-term microscopy-based monitoring of the phytoplankton community

Amy C. Thorpe,  Eleanor B. Mackay,  Tim Goodall,  James A. Bendle,  Stephen J. Thackeray,  Stephen C. Maberly,  Daniel S. Read, 
  • First Published: 23 November 2023
Open Access

Non-invasive age estimation based on faecal DNA using methylation-sensitive high-resolution melting for Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins

Genfu Yagi,  Huiyuan Qi,  Kana Arai,  Yuki F. Kita,  Kazunobu Kogi,  Tadamichi Morisaka,  Motoi Yoshioka,  Miho Inoue-Murayama, 
  • First Published: 02 December 2023
Open Access

Morphological and taxonomic diversity of mesozooplankton is an important driver of carbon export fluxes in the ocean

Margaux Perhirin,  Hannah Gossner,  Jessica Godfrey,  Rodney Johnson,  Leocadio Blanco-Bercial,  Sakina-Dorothée Ayata, 
  • First Published: 30 November 2023
Open Access

In situ metagenomics: A platform for rapid sequencing and analysis of metagenomes in less than one day

Javier Tamames,  Diego Jiménez-Lalana,  Álvaro Redondo,  Sandra Martínez-García,  Asunción de los Rios, 
  • First Published: 08 December 2023

Permanent Genetic Resources

Open Access

A novel target-enriched multilocus assay for sponges (Porifera): Red Sea Haplosclerida (Demospongiae) as a test case

Joëlle van der Sprong,  Nicole Joy de Voogd,  Grace Patricia McCormack,  Kenneth Sandoval,  Simone Schätzle,  Oliver Voigt,  Dirk Erpenbeck,  Gert Wörheide,  Sergio Vargas, 
  • First Published: 27 November 2023
Open Access

Comparative genomics reveals the dynamic evolutionary history of cement protein genes of barnacles from intertidal to deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Won-Kyung Lee,  Benny K. K. Chan,  Jae-Yoon Kim,  Se-Jong Ju,  Se-Joo Kim, 
  • First Published: 13 November 2023

Genomic evolution of island birds from the view of the Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii)

Xiao Xu,  Chen Wang,  Chunzhong Xu,  Jiaqing Yuan,  Guiqiang Wang,  Yajiang Wu,  Chen Huang,  Haohao Jing,  Peng Yang,  Lulu Xu,  Shiming Peng,  Fen Shan,  Xiaochao Xia,  Fuyuan Jin,  Fanghui Hou,  Jinhong Wang,  Da Mi,  Yandong Ren,  Yang Liu,  David M. Irwin,  Xuejuan Li,  Wu Chen,  Gang Li, 
  • First Published: 13 November 2023

Pan-genome analysis highlights the role of structural variation in the evolution and environmental adaptation of Asian honeybees

Yancan Li,  Jun Yao,  Huiling Sang,  Quangui Wang,  Long Su,  Xiaomeng Zhao,  Zhenyu Xia,  Feiran Wang,  Kai Wang,  Delong Lou,  Guizhi Wang,  Robert M. Waterhouse,  Huihua Wang,  Shudong Luo,  Cheng Sun, 
  • First Published: 23 November 2023

The genomes of Hercules beetles reveal putative adaptive loci and distinct demographic histories in pristine North American forests

My-Hanh Le,  Brett Morgan,  Mei-Yeh Lu,  Victor Moctezuma,  Oscar Burgos,  Jen-Pan Huang, 
  • First Published: 08 December 2023

Computer Programs

simRestore: A decision-making tool for adaptive management of the native genetic status of wild populations

Flor Hernández,  Thijs Janzen,  Philip Lavretsky, 
  • First Published: 15 November 2023
Open Access

MuDoGeR: Multi-Domain Genome recovery from metagenomes made easy

Ulisses Rocha,  Jonas Coelho Kasmanas,  René Kallies,  Joao Pedro Saraiva,  Rodolfo Brizola Toscan,  Polonca Štefanič,  Marcos Fleming Bicalho,  Felipe Borim Correa,  Merve Nida Baştürk,  Efthymios Fousekis,  Luiz Miguel Viana Barbosa,  Julia Plewka,  Alexander J. Probst,  Petr Baldrian,  Peter F. Stadler,  CLUE-TERRA Consortium , 
  • First Published: 23 November 2023

Bayesian hybrid index and genomic cline estimation with the R package gghybrid

Richard Ian Bailey, 
  • First Published: 08 December 2023