Environmental gradients decouple demographic and adaptive connectivity in a highly mobile coastal marine species
Chris J. Brauer, Andrea Bertram, Jonathan Sandoval‐Castillo, Anthony John Fowler, Justin D. Bell, Paul Hamer, Maren Wellenreuther, Luciano Bellagamba Beheregaray
The paper uses seascape genomics to show that environmental gradients reduce adaptive connectivity in snapper despite high overall gene flow, suggesting contingent migration influences local adaptation.
Molecular Ecology · Mar 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology