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Genetic diversity and population structure

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in population genetics, including inference of population structure and dynamics, genetic diversity, species delimitation, adaptive evolution, and phylogeography. It discusses methods such as microsatellite analysis, Bayesian inference, and the use of molecular markers to understand the genetic makeup and evolutionary history of populations.

270,300 works

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Most cited

  1. The neighbor-joining method: a new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees.

    Naruya Saitou, M Nei · 1987 · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 60,628 citations

  2. Inference of Population Structure Using Multilocus Genotype Data

    Jonathan K. Pritchard, Matthew Stephens, Peter Donnelly · 2000 · Genetics · 34,543 citations

  3. Detecting the number of clusters of individuals using the software structure : a simulation study

    Guillaume Evanno, Sébastien Regnaut, Jérôme Goudet · 2005 · Molecular Ecology · 22,351 citations

  4. genalex 6: genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research

    Rod Peakall, Peter E. Smouse · 2005 · Molecular Ecology Notes · 16,805 citations

  5. Statistical method for testing the neutral mutation hypothesis by DNA polymorphism.

    Fumio Tajima · 1989 · Genetics · 14,327 citations

  6. Analysis of molecular variance inferred from metric distances among DNA haplotypes: application to human mitochondrial DNA restriction data.

    Laurent Excoffier, Peter E. Smouse, Joseph M. Quattro · 1992 · Genetics · 14,082 citations

Most recent

  1. First genomic evidence of inbreeding in South American pumas and the role of Andean climate history in shaping genetic diversity

    Daniel Chavez Viteri · 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 0 citations

  2. First genomic evidence of inbreeding in South American pumas and the role of Andean climate history in shaping genetic diversity

    Daniel Chavez Viteri · 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 0 citations

  3. Hierarchical population structure and phylogeographic divergence in the Korean endemic salamander Hynobius notialis

    Daecheol Jeong, Mi-Sook Min · 2026 · Royal Society Open Science · 0 citations

  4. Raising the dead: cross-family postmortem genetic rescue in fish

    Lisui Bao, Bo Dong · 2026 · Marine Life Science & Technology · 0 citations

  5. Species-dense genomics through natural history collections

    Paschalia Kapli, Hugh Carter, Hayley B. Free, Adam D. Leaché · 2026 · Nature Reviews Genetics · 0 citations

  6. Evolution of temporal diversification in crop sequences: a case study of flanders

    Marco Moretti, Kato Van Ruymbeke, Erik Mathijs · 2026 · International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability · 0 citations

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