Applications of random forest feature selection for fine‐scale genetic population assignment

EVA Sylvester, P Bentzen, IR Bradbury… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic population assignment used to inform wildlife management and conservation efforts
requires panels of highly informative genetic markers and sensitive assignment tests. We …

Estimating the relative fitness of escaped farmed salmon offspring in the wild and modelling the consequences of invasion for wild populations

EVA Sylvester, BF Wringe, SJ Duffy… - Evolutionary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Throughout their native range, wild Atlantic salmon populations are threatened by hybridization
and introgression with escapees from net‐pen salmon aquaculture. Although domestic–…

A migration-associated supergene reveals loss of biocomplexity in Atlantic cod

T Kess, P Bentzen, SJ Lehnert, EVA Sylvester… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Chromosome structural variation may underpin ecologically important intraspecific diversity
by reducing recombination within supergenes containing linked, coadapted alleles. Here, …

Modular chromosome rearrangements reveal parallel and nonparallel adaptation in a marine fish

…, P Bentzen, SJ Lehnert, EVA Sylvester… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Genomic architecture and standing variation can play a key role in ecological adaptation
and contribute to the predictability of evolution. In Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), four large …

Environmental extremes drive population structure at the northern range limit of Atlantic salmon in North America

EVA Sylvester, RG Beiko, P Bentzen… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation of exploited species requires an understanding of both genetic diversity and
the dominant structuring forces, particularly near range limits, where climatic variation can …

Fine-scale temperature-associated genetic structure between inshore and offshore populations of sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus)

…, NW Jeffery, J Ben Lowen, EVA Sylvester… - Heredity, 2019 - nature.com
In the northwest Atlantic Ocean, sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) has been characterized
by a latitudinal genetic cline with a breakpoint between northern and southern genetic …

Towards an understanding of how phloem amino acid composition shapes elevated CO2‐induced changes in aphid population dynamics

GD Ryan, EVA Sylvester, BJ Shelp… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
1. The performance of foliage feeders tends to decrease under elevated CO 2 , but the
responses of phloem‐feeding insects have been much more equivocal. As phloem tissues are …

Out of the frying pan into the air—emersion behaviour and evaporative heat loss in an amphibious mangrove fish (Kryptolebias marmoratus)

DJ Gibson, EVA Sylvester, AJ Turko… - Biology …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Amphibious fishes often emerse (leave water) when faced with unfavourable water conditions.
How amphibious fishes cope with the risks of rising water temperatures may depend, in …

Migration effort and wild population size influence the prevalence of hybridization between escaped farmed and wild Atlantic salmon

EVA Sylvester, BF Wringe, SJ Duffy… - Aquaculture …, 2018 - int-res.com
Hybridization of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar with wild populations occurs
throughout their native range and can threaten wild population stability and persistence. The …

Exercise intervention for preventing risperidone-induced dyslipidemia and gluco-metabolic disorders in female juvenile rats

E Sylvester, W Yi, M Han, C Deng - Pharmacology Biochemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Emma Sylvester a b 1 , Weijie Yi a b c 1 , Mei Han a b , …
analysis kits (Wako Chemicals, Richmond, VA). Fasting plasma insulin levels were determined …