Molecular Ecology

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Understanding the role of temperature in seasonal timing: Effects on behavioural, physiological and molecular phenotypes	198
Genome‐wide SNP assessment of contemporary European red deer genetic structure highlights the distinction of peripheral populations and the main admixture zones in Europe	144
Community‐wide correlations between species richness, abundance and population genomic diversity in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot	95
The transcriptional state and chromatin landscape of cichlid jaw shape variation across species and environments	68
Genetic Adaptation to Brackish Water and Spawning Season in European Cisco	61
Genetic and telomeric variability: Insights from a tropical avian hybrid zone	61
The effect of divergent and parallel selection on the genomic landscape of divergence	60
Evolutionary roles of polyploidization‐derived structural variations in the phenotypic diversification of Panax species	58
The impacts of positive selection on genomic variation in Drosophila serrata: Insights from a deep learning approach	56
Discovery of XY Sex Chromosomes in Mauremys mutica Provides Insights Into the Role of KDM6B Gene in Coexistence of Temperature‐Dependent and Genetic Sex Determination	52
Positive selection in gamete interaction proteins in Carnivora	51
Diving into the diversity of colour patterns in reef fishes	50
Combined Evidence Reveals the Origin of a Rapid Range Expansion Despite Retained Genetic Diversity and a Weak Founder Effect	47
Grassland ecosystem type drives AM fungal diversity and functional guild distribution in North American grasslands	47
Adaptive cellular evolution or cellular system drift in hares	46
Decoding plant‐induced transcriptomic variability and consistency in two related polyphagous mites differing in host ranges	46
Experimental evidence that root‐associated fungi improve plant growth at high altitude	45
Traits and tradeoffs among non‐native ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts affect pine seedling establishment in a Hawaiian coinvasion landscape	44
Genomic divergence and introgression between cryptic species of a widespread North American songbird	44
Demographic modelling helps track the rapid and recent divergence of a conifer species pair from Central Mexico	44
Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus	42
Genomic, morphological and physiological data support fast ecotypic differentiation and incipient speciation in an alpine diving beetle	42
Hybrid enrichment of adaptive variation revealed by genotype–environment associations in montane sedges	42
Association between parasite microbiomes and caste development and colony structure in a social trematode	41

Clones on the run: The genomics of a recently expanded partially clonal species	41
A genomic assessment of the marine‐speciation paradox within the toothed whale superfamily Delphinoidea	40
Ecology Not Genetic Covariance Explains Correlated Trait Divergence During Speciation	40
Long‐read sequencing in ecology and evolution: Understanding how complex genetic and epigenetic variants shape biodiversity	40
Evolutionary History and Rhizosphere Microbial Community Composition in Domesticated Hops ( Humulus lupulus L .	40
Genomic analysis of a parasite invasion: Colonization of the Americas by the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni	40
Effect of urbanization and parasitism on the gut microbiota of Darwin's finch nestlings	40
Acclimatory gene expression of primed clams enhances robustness to elevated pCO2	39
Bacterial communities in a subarctic stream network: Spatial and seasonal patterns of benthic biofilm and bacterioplankton	39
Organellar DNA continues to provide a rich source of information in the genomics era	39
Brazilian marine phylogeography: A literature synthesis and analysis of barriers	38
On the origin and structure of haplotype blocks	37
DNA Methylation Dynamics Reflect Sex and Status Differences in Mortality Rates in a Polygynous Bat	37
Museomics Sheds Light on Evolutionary Diversity in a Critically Endangered Cockatoo Species From Wallacea	37
Interspecies genome divergence is predominantly due to frequent small scale rearrangements in Eucalyptus	37
Out of the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau: Genomic biogeography of the alpine monospecific genus Megadenia (Biscutelleae, Brassicaceae)	37
More complex than you think: Taxonomic and temporal patterns of plant–pollinator networks of caraway (Carum carvi L.)	36
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Environmental heterogeneity structures root‐associated fungal communities in Daphne arbuscula (Thymelaeaceae), a shrub adapted to extreme rocky habitats	34
Convergent Evolutionary Dead‐End and Breakdown of Hard Chorion in Parental‐Egg‐Care Fish Reproductive Strategies	34
Infection by the Lungworm Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala Affects the Expression of Immune‐Related microRNAs by Its Co‐Evolved Host, the Cane Toad Rhinella marina	34
Demographic changes in Pleistocene sea turtles were driven by past sea level fluctuations affecting feeding habitat availability	34
Ultraconserved Elements Reveal the Relationship Between Facultative Keratinophagy and Synanthropic Evolution in Clothes Moths	34
Highly Expressed Odorant Receptor Orthologs Detect the Aggregation Pheromone Lineatin in Trypodendron Ambrosia Beetles	33
Primrose homostyles: A classic case of possible balancing selection revisited	33
Genetic responses in sexual diploid and unisexual triploid goldfish (Carassius auratus) introduced into a high‐altitude environment	33
Tidal gradients, fine‐scale homing and a potential cryptic ecotype of wild spawning pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)	33
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Satellite DNA evolution in Corvoidea inferred from short and long reads	32
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Larger, more connected societies of ants have a higher prevalence of viruses	32
Tracking population structure and phenology through time using ancient genomes from waterlogged white oak wood	32
Historical Lead Contamination Linked to Atmospheric Deposition is Associated With Declines in Ectomycorrhizal Diversity and Shifts in Fungal Community Composition	32
Evolutionary ecology of denitrifying methanotrophic NC10 bacteria in the deep‐sea biosphere	31
Nestling sex and behaviour determine the host preference of insect vectors in avian nests	31
Gene Expression Associated With Behaviour Manipulation in Wood Ants Infected With Larval Lancet Fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum	31
Heterogeneous patterns of heterozygosity loss in isolated populations of the threatened eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii)	30
Genome‐wide phylogeography reveals cryptic speciation in the circumglobal planktonic calcifier Limacina bulimoides	30
An Early‐Life Disruption of Gut Microbiota Has Opposing Effects on Parasite Resistance in Two Host Species	30
Large effective population size masks population genetic structure in Hirondellea amphipods within the deepest marine ecosystem, the Mariana Trench	30
Characterizing feral swine movement across the contiguous United States using neural networks and genetic data	29
Variation in phenotypic plasticity across age‐at‐maturity genotypes in wild Atlantic salmon	29
Genetic mixing in conservation translocations increases diversity of a keystone threatened species, Bettongia lesueur	29
When do autopolyploids need poly‐sequencing data?	29
Recurrent Hybridisations During Diversification of One Rhododendron Species Complex	28
Reticulate and Hybrid Speciation is Promoted by Environmental Instability in an Indo‐Pacific Species Complex of Whistlers (Aves: Pachycephala )	28
Limited introgression from non‐native commercial strains and signatures of adaptation in the key pollinator Bombus terrestris	28
Genomic variation across Chinook salmon populations reveals effects of a duplication on migration alleles and supports fine scale structure	28

Semi‐quantitative metabarcoding reveals how climate shapes arthropod community assembly along elevation gradients on Hawaii Island	27
Genome‐wide variant analyses reveal new patterns of admixture and population structure in Australian dingoes	27
Phylogeography of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) throughout the USA identifies candidate loci for differences in vectorial capacity	27
Regulation of host gene expression by gastrointestinal tract microbiota in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)	27
Expansion and Temporal Expression Regulation of Cuticle‐Associated Gene Families: Molecular Basis of Adaptive Evolution of Moulting in Decapods	27
Integrative biological analyses of responses to food deprivation reveal resilience mechanisms in sea urchin larvae	27
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	27
Phylogenetic diversity only weakly mitigates climate‐change‐driven biodiversity loss in insect communities	26
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The first steps toward a global pandemic: Reconstructing the demographic history of parasite host switches in its native range	26
Recent genetic exchanges and admixture shape the genome and population structure of the zoonotic pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum	26
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Combined genome and transcriptome provides insight into the genetic evolution of an edible halophyte Suaeda salsa adaptation to high salinity	26
Cophylogeny and specificity between cryptic coral species ( Pocillopora spp.) at Mo′orea and their symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae)	26
Molecular mechanisms underlying plasticity in a thermally varying environment	26
Microbiomes associated with avian malaria survival differ between susceptible Hawaiian honeycreepers and sympatric malaria‐resistant introduced birds	26
The effect of a temperature‐sensitive prophage on the evolution of virulence in an opportunistic bacterial pathogen	26
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The Genetic Architecture of Local Adaptation and Reproductive Character Displacement in Scutiger boulengeri Complex (Anura: Megophryidae)	25
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Plasticity for the win: Flexible transcriptional response to host plant switches in the comma butterfly (Polygonia c‐album)	25
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Host preference explains the high endemism of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a dipterocarp rainforest	25
Heat‐stress memory enhances the acclimation of a migratory insect pest to global warming	24
Parentage influence on gene expression under acidification revealed through single‐embryo sequencing	24
Whole‐genome sequencing illuminates multifaceted targets of selection to humic substances in Eurasian perch	24
Do Snow‐Adapted Prey Facilitate Coexistence of the Sierra Nevada Red Fox With Sympatric Carnivores?	24
Parental breeding decisions and genetic quality predict social structure of independent offspring	24
Investigating the genetic basis of vertebrate dispersal combining RNA‐seq, RAD‐seq and quantitative genetics	24
Wild sunflower goes viral: Citizen science and comparative genomics allow tracking the origin and establishment of invasive sunflower in the Levant	24
Population genomic structure of a widespread, urban‐dwelling mammal: The eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)	24
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Phylogenomics and phylogeographic model testing using convolutional neural networks reveal a history of recent admixture in the Canarian Kleinia neriifolia	23
Evolutionary variation in gene conversion at the avian MHC is explained by fluctuating selection, gene copy numbers and life history	23
Relic DNA obscures DNA‐based profiling of multiple microbial taxonomic groups in a river‐reservoir ecosystem	23
Ephemeral Speciation in a New Guinean Honeyeater Complex ( Aves : Melidectes )	23
Omics to Study and Manage Aquatic Environments: A Snapshot From the AquaEcOmics Meeting (Evian‐les‐Bains, 2025)	23
Inferring the ecological and evolutionary determinants of community genetic diversity	23
Genetic adaptation despite high gene flow in a range‐expanding population	23
Cryptic hybridization between the ancient lineages of Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri)	23
Long‐term biogeographical processes dominate patterns of genetic diversity in a wingless grasshopper despite substantial recent habitat fragmentation	23
The genomic basis of reproductive and migratory behaviour in a polymorphic salmonid	23
Immune genotypes, immune responses, and survival in a wild bird population	23
DNA methylation markers of age(ing) in non‐model animals	23
Lineage and role in integrative taxonomy of a heterotrophic orchid complex	23
Combining GWAS and population genomic analyses to characterize coevolution in a legume‐rhizobia symbiosis	22
Seasonal dynamics of the wild rodent faecal virome	22
Sex chromosome heteromorphism and the Fast‐X effect in poeciliids	22
Genetic analysis reveals the putative native range and widespread double‐clonal reproduction in the invasive longhorn crazy ant	22
Comparative population genomics of manta rays has global implications for management	22
Genomic health is dependent on long‐term population demographic history	22
Seascape genomics of coastal bottlenose dolphins along strong gradients of temperature and salinity	22
The challenge of demonstrating contemporary natural selection on polygenic quantitative traits in the wild	22
Approximate Bayesian Computation applied to time series of population genetic data disentangles rapid genetic changes and demographic variations in a pathogen population	22
Evolved and Plastic Gene Expression in Adaptation of a Specialist Fly to a Novel Niche	21
Geographical distance, host evolutionary history and diet drive gut microbiome diversity of fish across the Yellow River	21
Sexy fingers: Pheromones in the glands of male dendrobatid frogs	21
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Longitudinal gut microbiome dynamics in relation to age and senescence in a wild animal population	21
Molecular ecology of microbiomes in the wild: Common pitfalls, methodological advances and future directions	21
Integrating Population Genomics and Historical Occurrence Data to Assess the Impact of Land‐Use Changes on Centris Oil Bees in the Brazilian Cerrado	21
Revisiting old truths: The evolution of male coloration in guppies as a function of predation	21
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Phenotypic cross‐species conservation and cross‐generation directionality switching in epigenetic inheritance	21
Brettanomyces bruxellensis: Overview of the genetic and phenotypic diversity of an anthropized yeast	21
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Indirect Environmental Effects on the Gut‐Brain Axis in a Wild Mammal	21
Ectoparasite presence and brood size manipulation interact to accelerate telomere shortening in nestling jackdaws	21
High promiscuity among females of the invasive pest species Drosophila suzukii	20
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Genomic architecture underlying morphological and physiological adaptation to high elevation in a songbird	20
Genomics reveal population structure, evolutionary history, and signatures of selection in the northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus	20
Selection for Tameness in Red Junglefowl Recapitulates Genetic Loci Associated With Domestication‐Related Brain Composition	20
The structure of tropical bat–plant interaction networks during an extreme El Niño‐Southern Oscillation event	20
Repeated Mitochondrial Capture With Limited Genomic Introgression in a Lizard Group	20
Brain and antennal transcriptomes of host ants reveal potential links between behaviour and the functioning of socially parasitic colonies	20
Complex adaptive architecture underlies adaptation to quantitative host resistance in a fungal plant pathogen	20

Correction to “The Opposed Forces of Differentiation and Admixture Across Glacial Cycles in the Butterfly Aglais urticae”	20
Whole genome population structure of North Atlantic kelp confirms high‐latitude glacial refugia	20
Speciation patterns of related species under the hybrid zone: A case study of three sclerophyllous oaks in the east Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains	20
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It is time for ancient DNA to sweat the small stuff	20
Gene expression differentiation in the reproductive tissues of Drosophila willistoni subspecies and their hybrids	20
Defence‐relevant gene expression differences in hatchlings among wild Newfoundland and farmed European and North American Atlantic salmon and their hybrids	20
Fitness consequences of population bottlenecks in an invasive blowfly	20
Rhizobium nodule diversity and composition are influenced by clover host selection and local growth conditions	19
Population genomics and sexual signals support reproductive character displacement in Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in a contact zone	19
Genetic legacies of mega‐landslides: Cycles of isolation and contact across flank collapses in an oceanic island	19
Complex dynamics of coral gene expression responses to low pH across species	19
Genomic, Phenotypic and Environmental Correlates of Speciation in the Midwife Toads ( Alytes )	19
The faecal metabolome of black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) varies in response to seasonal dietary changes	19
Age‐ and caste‐independent piRNAs in the germline and miRNA profiles linked to caste and fecundity in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus	19
Pleistocene parades of carnivores into North America	19
Whole‐genome sequencing reveals fine‐scale environment‐associated divergence near the range limits of a temperate reef fish	19
High‐Throughput Absolute Quantification Sequencing Advances Characterisation of Microbial Community Ecology	19
Parental effects in a filamentous fungus: Phenotype, fitness and mechanism	19
Domestication and evolutionary histories of specialized gut symbionts across cephalotine ants	19
Divergence of alternative sugar preferences through modulation of the expression and activity of the Gal3 sensor in yeast	19
Genomic and phenotypic changes associated with alterations of migratory behaviour in a songbird	19
Diet in phenotypically divergent sympatric species of African weakly electric fish (genus: Campylomormyrus)—A hybrid capture/HTS metabarcoding approach	19
No Evidence That Life History Strategies Shape Within‐Body Mosaics of Ageing	19
Strategies to identify and dissect trade‐offs in plants	19
Long live the host! Proteomic analysis reveals possible strategies for parasitic manipulation of its social host	19
Turnip Mosaic Virus Infection in a Perennial Arabidopsis Reduces Aphid Fecundity in the Natural Environment	19
Expression of Elongase‐ and Desaturase‐Encoding Genes Shapes the Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles of Honey Bees	19
Synthesizing environmental, epidemiological and vector and parasite genetic data to assist decision making for disease elimination	19
Repeatome evolution across space and time: Unravelling repeats dynamics in the plant genus Erythrostemon Klotzsch (Leguminosae Juss)	19
Environmental DNA unveils deep phylogeographic structure of a freshwater fish	19
Repeatable Genomic Outcomes Along the Speciation Continuum: Insights From Pine Hybrid Zones (Genus Pinus )	19
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 reefs	18
Phylogeography of horseshoe bat sarbecoviruses in Vietnam and neighbouring countries. Implications for the origins of SARS‐CoV and SARS‐CoV‐2	18
Different trematode parasites in the same snail host: Species‐specific or shared microbiota?	18
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Escalation by duplication: Milkweed bug trumps Monarch butterfly	18
Demography‐driven and adaptive introgression in a hybrid zone of the Armeria syngameon	18
Divergent island hybrids mixed waves of ancient gene flow	18
Social Complexity During Early Development has Long‐Term Effects on Neuroplasticity in the Social Decision‐Making Network	18
A Test of the Long‐Term Efficiency of Genetic Rescue With Drosophila melanogaster	18
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Frequent Hybridisation Between Parapatric Lekking Bird‐of‐Paradise Species	18
Transgressive gene expression and expression plasticity under thermal stress in a stable hybrid zone	18
Not All Bark Beetles Smell the Same : Population‐Level Functional Olfactory Polymorphisms in Ips typographus Pheromone Recepto	18
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Genomic Introgressions May Affect Hybridogenetic Reproduction in Water Frog Hybrids	18
Fire shapes fungal guild diversity and composition through direct and indirect pathways	18
Metabarcoding for biodiversity inventory blind spots: A test case using the beetle fauna of an insular cloud forest	18
Multiple genomic solutions for local adaptation in two closely related species (sheep and goats) facing the same climatic constraints	18
Robust Sensory Traits Across Light Habitats: Visual Signals but Not Receptors Vary in Centrarchids Inhabiting Distinct Photic Environments	18
Expression–environment associations in transcriptomic heat stress responses for a global plant lineage	18
Living with chronic infection: Persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent	18
Biodiversity Genomics Research Practices Require Harmonising to Meet Stakeholder Needs in Conservation	17
Temporal dynamics of soil fungi in a pyrodiverse dry‐sclerophyll forest	17
Evaluating the persistence and utility of five wild Vitis species in the context of climate change	17
Mind the Gaps: Shortfalls in Studies of the Intraspecific Genetic Diversity of Plants Across the Gran Chaco	17
Impact of disturbance and dietary shift on gastrointestinal bacterial community and its invertebrate host system	17
Immune gene regulation is associated with age and environmental adversity in a nonhuman primate	17
Strong Bottlenecks Constrain Adaptive Coevolution in a Host–Parasite Metapopulation	17
Hybrid‐derived weedy rice maintains adaptive combinations of alleles associated with seed dormancy	17
Genomic associations with poxvirus across divergent island populations in Berthelot's pipit	17
Plant invasion reconstructs soil microbial assembly and functionality in coastal salt marshes	17
Social and paternal female choice for male MHC genes in golden snub‐nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)	17
Preserving Wild Pears: Using Genomic Data to Assess Species Boundaries, Interspecific Hybridization, and Genetic Diversity to Inform Conservation	17
High Quality Diet Enhances Immune Response and Affects Gene Expression During Viral Infection in an Insect Herbivore	17
Understanding stochastic and deterministic assembly processes in microbial communities along temporal, spatial and environmental scales	17
Habitat‐linked genetic variation supports microgeographic adaptive divergence in an island‐endemic bird species	17
Microbiota composition and diversity of multiple body sites vary according to reproductive performance in a seabird	17
Genomic and Morphological Divergence Under Extreme Environments: Insights Into the Adaptation and Speciation of Lepus yarkandensis and	17
Differential temperature effects on photoperiodism in female voles: A possible explanation for declines in vole populations	17
Distinct patterns of inheritance shape life‐history traits in steelhead trout	17
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Blood Parasite Infections and Impacts on Avian Health and Reproduction	17
Global flyway evolution in red knots Calidris canutus and genetic evidence for a Nearctic refugium	17
Linking large‐scale genetic structure of three Argynnini butterfly species to geography and environment	17
Variable hybridization between two Lake Tanganyikan cichlid species in recent secondary contact	17
Fifty Years of Conservation Genetics: A Personal Perspective	17
Genome assembly, structural variants, and genetic differentiation between lake whitefish young species pairs ( Coregonus sp.) with long and short reads	17
Do chromosome rearrangements fix by genetic drift or natural selection? Insights from Brenthis butterflies	17
Population Genetics and Invasion History of the European Starling Across Aotearoa New Zealand	17
Epigenomic Changes in Ostrinia Moths Under Elevated Pupal and Adult Temperature	17
Pathogen invasion increases the abundance of predatory protists and their prey associations in the plant microbiome	17
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Host genotype and microbiome associations in co‐occurring clonal and non‐clonal kelp, Ecklonia radiata	17
Expression patterns of melanin‐related genes are linked to crypsis and conspicuousness in a pumpkin toadlet	17
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The Shapes of Clines and Wavefronts	16
Genomic Vulnerability of a Sentinel Mammal Under Climate Change	16
From Mud to Meat: Comparative Metabarcoding Reveals Two Different Evolutionary Paths to Carnivory in a Group of Meiofaunal Annelids	16
Symbiont Gene Expression Predicts Insect Host's Response to High Temperatures	16
Changing Views on Speciation	16
Holocentric repeat landscapes: From micro‐evolutionary patterns to macro‐evolutionary associations with karyotype evolution	16
250 Million Years of Convergent Evolution and Functional Divergence of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 28 Genes in Xylophagous Beetles (Cerambycidae and Buprestidae): Insights Into Horizontal Gene Transfer	16
Widespread gene flow following range expansion in Anna's Hummingbird	16
Stable inversion clines in a grasshopper species group despite complex geographical history	16