Implications of incomplete networks on estimation of landscape genetic connectivity
This week we recognize Yessica Rico (Wagner Lab), who recently co-authored a paper in Conservation Genetics entitled: “Implications of incomplete networks on estimation of landscape genetic connectivity”. This paper stems from the Graduate Seminar in Landscape Genetics, which involved a productive collaboration between graduate students and faculty from U of T and institutions in the United States. In this paper, Yessica and colleagues examined how incomplete population sampling affects inferences made from network analyses in landscape genetics. They performed simulations by subsampling a complete genetic data set of the Spotted Frog (Rana luteiventris) to test the consequences of missing populations when estimating gene flow across a landscape. Their results show the importance of sampling effort and how it affects estimates of genetic connectivity.
Congratulations, Yessica!