• Evolutionary genomics analysis reveals a unique lineage of Megachile pruina found in an isolated population in Bermuda 

      Rose, Jennifer; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Outerbridge, Mark; Morales, Hernán E. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
    • Temporal dynamics of woolly mammoth genome erosion prior to extinction 

      Dehasque, Marianne; Morales, Hernán E.; Díez-del-Molino, David; Pečnerová, Patrícia; Chacón-Duque, J. Camilo; Kanellidou, Foteini; Muller, Héloïse; Plotnikov, Valerii; Protopopov, Albert; Tikhonov, Alexei; Nikolskiy, Pavel; Danilov, Gleb K.; Giannì, Maddalena; van der Sluis, Laura; Higham, Tom; Heintzman, Peter D.; Oskolkov, Nikolay; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Götherström, Anders; van der Valk, Tom; Vartanyan, Sergey; Dalén, Love (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      A number of species have recently recovered from near-extinction. Although these species have avoided the immediate extinction threat, their long-term viability remains precarious due to the potential genetic consequences ...
    • When birds of a feather flock together: Severe genomic erosion and the implications for genetic rescue in an endangered island passerine 

      Cavill, Emily L.; Morales, Hernán E.; Sun, Xin; Westbury, Michael V.; van Oosterhout, Cock; Accouche, Wilna; Zora, Anna; Schulze, Melissa J.; Shah, Nirmal; Adam, Pierre-André; Brooke, M. de L.; Sweet, Paul; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      The Seychelles magpie-robin's (SMR) five island populations exhibit some of the lowest recorded levels of genetic diversity among endangered birds, and high levels of inbreeding. These populations collapsed during the 20th ...