Genomic methods have shown that admixture and introgression are common across animal taxa. Pacific rockfishes, genus Sebastes , are a group of commercially important species that primarily inhabit inshore, shelf and slope habitats along the North American west coast. Among these, Copper and Quillback Rockfishes are closely related species known to hybridize, particularly within the Salish Sea in North America's Pacific Northwe...

Population size estimation is critical for determining sustainable harvest levels of hunted species. Spatial capture-recapture via non-invasive genetic sampling is one method employed to estimate population size and is especially useful in habitats where aerial surveys are not possible. Developments in DNA sequencing technologies have led to the application of amplicon-based genotyping-in-thousands by sequencing (GTseq) for ge...

Bacterial species that inhabit diverse nutritional niches, such as plants, the human gut, and aquatic environments, exhibit common and unique molecular mechanisms for acquiring nutrients from plant polysaccharides like xylan. The oligotrophic bacterium Caulobacter vibrioides (Syn. Caulobacter crescentus ) shows unique adaptations for growth in low‐nutrient conditions and codes for a repertoire of genes that facilitate xylan ut...