Standing genetic variation in stickleback speciation

It is well known that speciation can often be fueled by the presence of ancestral variation that remains polymorphic in the present population. How the standing genetic variation (SGV) contributes to the rapid speciation in North American three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) has been purposed previously by the transporter hypothesi... Read more

Postzygotic reproductive isolation in stickleback backcrosses

Postzygotic reproductive barriers are often thought to be in the form of gene-gene incompatibility and therefore play a reduced role in early speciation. However, postzygotic isolation can also appear via phenotypic incompatibility. This type of extrinsic (environment-depentdent) reproductive isolation can emerge fast in incipient species pairs... Read more

Conservation genetics of the Formosan flying fox

Formosan flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus formosus) is a critically endangered fruit bat subspecies in Taiwan. However, its demographic history and relationship with the nearby fruit bat subspecies were largely unknown. This critical information can be important for guiding future conservation policies. Using genomic sequences from Formosan flyi... Read more

Parameter optimization for RADSeq assembly

How to choose the key parameters during sequence assembly for Restriction site Associated DNA Sequencing (RADSeq) has been known to be important. Using parameters not suitable for a particular dataset could cause significant bias in downstream analyses, resulting in false conclusion. The conventional ways for solving this issue are usually cent... Read more