Jon Slate

This study examines inbreeding depression in Seychelles warblers after a population bottleneck, finding a polygenic load reduces lifespan and offspring production by 17.9% and 15.1% per 10% inbreeding increase.

The paper develops a genomic toolkit for Seychelles warblers, enabling genetic pedigree assignment and correcting sample identity errors using high-quality genomic data.

The paper shows that adaptation to free-living conditions in algal endosymbionts leads to loss of host benefits, driven by metabolic trade-offs, with nitrogen availability as a key factor.

The paper examines dispersal and immigration effects on genetic structure in a great tit population, finding high gene flow and complex spatial genetic patterns despite low FST.

The paper investigates the association between DNA methylation and cuticular hydrocarbon variation in stick insects, finding enriched differentially methylated regions in loci linked to these traits.

This study investigates the mechanisms behind correlated trait divergence during speciation, finding that environmental factors, not genetics, primarily drive the divergence of color patterns and chemical traits in stick insects.

The paper uses genomic and phenotypic data to study the evolution of kakapo color polymorphism, finding genetic variants and evidence of balancing selection.