2019
Restoration‐mediated secondary contact leads to introgression of alewife ecotypes separated by a colonial‐era dam
Reid K, Garza J, Gephard S, Caccone A, Post D, Palkovacs E. Restoration‐mediated secondary contact leads to introgression of alewife ecotypes separated by a colonial‐era dam. Evolutionary Applications 2019, 13: 652-664. PMID: 32211058, PMCID: PMC7086056, DOI: 10.1111/eva.12890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSecondary contactAnadromous alewifeDirection of introgressionAbundance of juvenilesAdult anadromous alewivesLandlocked populationsDifferent habitatsAnadromous fishAlewife populationDifferent ecotypesParentage assignmentFin clipsEvolutionary processesIntrogressionEcotypesGenetic markersNatural ecosystemsReal ecosystemsReintroduction projectsF1 hybridsJuvenile productionAlewifeAdult alewivesSample of juvenilesRestoration projects
2007
Independent evolutionary origins of landlocked alewife populations and rapid parallel evolution of phenotypic traits
PALKOVACS E, DION K, POST D, CACCONE A. Independent evolutionary origins of landlocked alewife populations and rapid parallel evolution of phenotypic traits. Molecular Ecology 2007, 17: 582-597. PMID: 18179439, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03593.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLandlocked populationsAnadromous populationsAlewife populationSmaller adult body sizeRapid parallel evolutionLife history divergenceFreshwater ancestorsIndependent evolutionary originsDivergence time estimatesLife-history variantsGill raker spacingMicrosatellite mutation ratesMtDNA control regionAdult body sizeRate of evolutionSmall prey itemsAnadromous ancestorsForaging traitsPopulation divergenceAllele frequency dataDivergence timesEvolutionary ratesMicrosatellite dataAnadromous formEvolutionary origin