2024
The impact of assortative mating, participation bias and socioeconomic status on the polygenic risk of behavioural and psychiatric traits
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Wendt F, Pathak G, Yengo L, Polimanti R. The impact of assortative mating, participation bias and socioeconomic status on the polygenic risk of behavioural and psychiatric traits. Nature Human Behaviour 2024, 8: 976-987. PMID: 38366106, PMCID: PMC11161911, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01828-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocioeconomic statusParticipation biasPsychiatric traitsPolygenic riskFrequency of drinking alcoholDepressive disorderTourette syndromeImpact of assortative matingAlcohol-related traitsAlcohol use disorderAlcohol-related phenotypesInvestigate assortative matingSocioeconomic status conditionsHabitual alcohol intakeAssortative matingAlcohol intakeDrinking alcoholBipolar disorderQuestionnaire respondentsUse disorderMeta-analysisParticipantsGametic phase disequilibriumDisordersTourette
2018
Genetic Pedigree Analysis of the Pilot Breeding Program for the Rediscovered Galapagos Giant Tortoise from Floreana Island
Miller J, Quinzin M, Scheibe E, Ciofi C, Villalva F, Tapia W, Caccone A. Genetic Pedigree Analysis of the Pilot Breeding Program for the Rediscovered Galapagos Giant Tortoise from Floreana Island. Journal Of Heredity 2018, 109: 620-630. PMID: 29490038, DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esy010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReproductive skewGalapagos giant tortoisesBreeding programsFloreana IslandGiant tortoisesAssortative matingSelf-sustaining wild populationsGenetic pedigree analysisMajority of progenyCaptive breeding programsSmall breeding groupsOrigin of individualsPedigree analysisLarge breeding programsFounding individualsWild populationsAllelic diversityGenetic diversityExtinct tortoisesGenetic variationGenetic analysisC. nigerPopulation sizeRelated individualsBreeding groups
2007
EVOLUTION OF HOST SPECIFICITY DRIVES REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AMONG RNA VIRUSES
Duffy S, Burch CL, Turner PE. EVOLUTION OF HOST SPECIFICITY DRIVES REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AMONG RNA VIRUSES. Evolution 2007, 61: 2614-2622. PMID: 17908251, PMCID: PMC7202233, DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00226.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReproductive isolationEcological speciation hypothesisDivergent natural selectionRNA virusesAssortative mating evolvesNatural selectionHost rangeRNA bacteriophage phi6Speciation hypothesisSingle nucleotide changePhytophagous insectsEcological adaptationNovel hostEvolutionary fateWhole-genome sequencingGenetic exchangeImportant traitsBiological credibilityAlternative hostsExperimental populationsLaboratory populationsAssortative matingDirect selectionGenome sequencingNucleotide changes
1992
Population genetic evidence for species A, B, C and D of the Anopheles dirus complex in Thailand and enzyme electromorphs for their identification
GREEN C, MUNSTERMANN L, TAN S, PANYIM S, BAIMAI V. Population genetic evidence for species A, B, C and D of the Anopheles dirus complex in Thailand and enzyme electromorphs for their identification. Medical And Veterinary Entomology 1992, 6: 29-36. PMID: 1600224, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1992.tb00031.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFixation indexPopulation genetic evidenceDistinct biological speciesWright's fixation indexAnopheles dirus complexPositive assortative matingSpecies ASpecific DNA probesNatural populationsMean FISChromosomal formsDirus complexGenetic evidenceAssortative matingBiological speciesSensu latoDNA probesSignificant positive valuesElectromorphsLociSpVector identificationFISMixture of AnIdentification
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