We hold a weekly Zoom meeting to talk about recently published articles that are relevant to the lab's interests. The subjects are heavily biased towards fish, fish evolution and molecular genetics. This page lists the reading schedule for the Spring 2022 iteration of the journal club, which will begin meeting Fridays at 10 am (Alaska time ) starting January 14.
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) - (by Oregon State University on flickr; CC BY-SA 2.0)
This week we are reading and discussing:
Alshwairikh, Y. A., S. L. Kroeze, J. Olsson, S. A. Stephens-Cardenas, W. L. Swain, L. P. Waits, R. L. Horn, S. R. Narum, and T. Seaborn. 2021. Influence of environmental conditions at spawning sites and migration routes on adaptive variation and population connectivity in Chinook salmon. Ecology and evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8324
Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) from interior Alaska - (Photo by Ryan Hagerty - USFWS - source: USFWS National Digital Library)
This week we are reading and discussing:
Reilly, J. R., and J. M. Miller. 2021. A phylogeographic contact zone for arctic Grayling in Alberta, Canada. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41:1619–1630. doi: 10.1002/nafm.10697
Hake plate from Ichthyologie; ou, Histoire naturelle des poissons (M.E. Bloch, 1796) - (Scan from the Biodiversity Heritage Library)
This week we are reading and discussing:
Milano, I., M. Babbucci, A. Cariani, M. Atanassova, D. Bekkevold, G. R. Carvalho, M. Espiñeira, F. Fiorentino, G. Garofalo, A. J. Geffen, J. H. Hansen, et al. 2014. Outlier SNP markers reveal fine-scale genetic structuring across European hake populations (Merluccius merluccius). Molecular ecology 23:118–135. doi: 10.1111/mec.12568
Kabeljau (Gadus morhua - Atlantic cod), at Atlanterhavsparken Aquarium and Science Centre at Tueneset, Norway. Photo by Joachim S. Müller on flickr - CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
This week we are reading and discussing:
Clucas, G. V., L. A. Kerr, S. X. Cadrin, D. R. Zemeckis, G. D. Sherwood, D. Goethel, Z. Whitener, and A. I. Kovach. 2019. Adaptive genetic variation underlies biocomplexity of Atlantic Cod in the Gulf of Maine and on Georges Bank. PloS one 14:e0216992. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216992
Spawning Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) in lake Fernsteinsee, Austria. Photo by Christa Rohrback on flickr - CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
This week we are reading and discussing:
Jacobsen, M. W., N. W. Jensen, R. Nygaard, K. Præbel, B. Jónsson, N. H. Nielsen, J. M. Pujolar, D. J. Fraser, L. Bernatchez, and M. M. Hansen. 2021. A melting pot in the Arctic: Analysis of mitogenome variation in Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) reveals a 1000-km contact zone between highly divergent lineages. Ecology of freshwater fish. doi: 10.1111/eff.12633
This week we are reading and discussing:
Valenzuela-Muñoz, V., C. Gallardo-Escárate, B. P. Benavente, D. Valenzuela-Miranda, G. Núñez-Acuña, H. Escobar-Sepulveda, and J. A. Váldes. 2021. Whole-genome transcript expression profiling reveals novel insights into transposon genes and non-coding RNAs during Atlantic salmon seawater adaptation. Biology 11:1. doi: 10.3390/biology11010001
Close up of spandrel in the Basilica San Marco, Venice (Wikimedia - CC BY-SA 3.0)
This week we are reading and discussing:
Pearse, D. E. 2016. Saving the spandrels? Adaptive genomic variation in conservation and fisheries management. Journal of fish biology 89:2697–2716. doi: 10.1111/jfb.13168
Morone saxatilis - Inset: geographic distribution (Wikimedia - CC BY-SA 4.0)
This week we are reading and discussing:
Skinner, M., M. Murdoch, T. Loeza-Quintana, S. Crookes, and R. Hanner. 2020. A mesocosm comparison of laboratory‐based and on‐site eDNA solutions for detection and quantification of striped bass ( Morone saxatilis ) in marine ecosystems. Environmental DNA 2:298–308. doi: 10.1002/edn3.61
Mixed whitebait catch (Inland Fisheries Service, CC BY-NC 3.0)
This week we are reading and discussing:
Schmidt, D. J., D. A. Crook, J. I. Macdonald, J. A. Huey, B. P. Zampatti, S. Chilcott, T. A. Raadik, and J. M. Hughes. 2014. Migration history and stock structure of two putatively diadromous teleost fishes, as determined by genetic and otolith chemistry analyses. Freshwater science 33:193–206. doi: 10.1086/674796
Oncorhynchus mykiss (Wikimedia Commons, image by Хомелка, CC BY-SA 3.0)
This week we are reading and discussing:
Fraik, A. K., J. R. McMillan, M. Liermann, T. Bennett, M. L. McHenry, G. J. McKinney, A. H. Wells, G. Winans, J. L. Kelley, G. R. Pess, and K. M. Nichols. 2021. The Impacts of Dam Construction and Removal on the Genetics of Recovering Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Populations across the Elwha River Watershed. Genes 12. doi: 10.3390/genes12010089
Lednia tumana (USGS, public domain)
This week we are reading and discussing:
Hotaling, S., J. J. Giersch, D. S. Finn, L. M. Tronstad, S. Jordan, L. E. Serpa, R. G. Call, C. C. Muhlfeld, and D. W. Weisrock. 2018. Congruent population genetic structure but differing depths of divergence for three alpine stoneflies with similar ecology and geographic distributions. Freshwater biology. doi: 10.1111/fwb.13223
Section from Figure 2 from Shi et al (2021).
This week we are reading and discussing:
Shi, Y., K. L. Bouska, G. J. McKinney, W. Dokai, A. Bartels, M. V. McPhee, and W. A. Larson. 2021. Gene flow influences the genomic architecture of local adaptation in six riverine fish species. Molecular ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.16317
Figure 1 from Teixeira and Huber (2021) - presenting a counterpoint to the arguments in this week's reading.
This week we are reading and discussing:
Kardos, M., E. E. Armstrong, S. W. Fitzpatrick, S. Hauser, P. W. Hedrick, J. M. Miller, D. A. Tallmon, and W. C. Funk. 2021. The crucial role of genome-wide genetic variation in conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2104642118
Is putatively neutral genetic variation a useful/meaningful target in natural resource conservation efforts? - This week's reading is part of ongoing debates on the relationship between genetic variability and population 'health' or resilience.
