… Second, population size is only one-half of the equation when considering the expected
level of polymorphism in a population at equilibrium. Theta, θ = 4 N e μ , the expected level of …

… Applying the same QTL methods previously employed for inbred crosses (Plough &
Hedgecock 2011; Plough 2012), we investigate for the first time, the degree to which mortality of …

… Despite the significance of inbreeding depression, much of the foregoing research has
focused on population-level differences in trait means, so that details of its genetic basis remain …

On the US east coast, Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) aquaculture has grown substantially
over the last century. As aquaculture expands into previously unexploited areas, there …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling has emerged as a powerful tool to detect and
quantify species abundance in aquatic environments. However, relatively few studies have …

… Horizontal, dotted lines indicate the 5% significance threshold at the genome-wide level …
Horizontal, dotted lines indicate the 5% significance threshold at the genome-wide level after …

… Redundancy analysis suggested that the species level community structure variability was
statistically significantly related to whether the samples were from the “good” or “crash” project…

The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) is an economically, culturally, and
ecologically important species found across the temperate and tropical North and South …

… groups in the 1-algal diet, all of which were well above the genome-wide significance threshold
of 16.2, except for vQTL 9 (LG 8), which was significant at the chromosome-wide level of …

Growth of the oyster aquaculture industry on the US east coast has accelerated in recent
decades due to advances in breeding technologies and grow-out methods. As the industry …