Population genetic theory predicts that adaptation in novel environments is enhanced by genetic variation for fitness. However, theory also predicts that under strong selection, demographic stochastic
Local adaptation is a common feature of plant and animal populations. Adaptive phenotypic traits are genetically differentiated along environmental gradients, but the genetic basis of such adaptation
Since the 1970s, water temperatures along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States have risen by an average of 0.5ºC in summer months and 2.2ºC in winter months. In response, the distribution and ab
Teasing apart the effects of natural selection and demography on current allele frequencies is challenging, due to both processes leaving a similar molecular footprint. In particular, when attemptin
Unlike most colobines, the Sichuan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) lives in temperate habitats with strong seasonality and limited plant food availability. R. roxellana mainly relied on ye
