Jordan B. Bemmels

The paper shows ancient transposable element polymorphisms drive ecological adaptation in Spirodela polyrhiza despite low nucleotide diversity, challenging conventional models of adaptive potential.

The paper uses genomic data to predict kelp population vulnerability to climate change and suggests assisted migration as a conservation strategy.

The paper uses genetic data and ecological models to infer that canopy-forming kelps in the Northeast Pacific survived in northern refugia during the Last Glacial Maximum.

The paper uses genome sequencing to show genetic drift impacts bull and giant kelp populations, with no purging of harmful alleles, and suggests conservation strategies.