Levels and Spatial Patterns of Effective Population Sizes in the Southern Damselfly (<i>Coenagrion mercuriale</i>): On the Need to Carefully Interpret Single-Point and Temporal Estimations to Set Conservation Guidelines.

ABSTRACT: The effective population size (N _e) is a key parameter in conservation and evolutionary biology, reflecting the strength of genetic drift and inbreeding. Although demographic estimations of N _e are logistically and time-consuming, genetic methods have become more widely used due to increasing data availability. Nonetheless, accurately estimating N _e remains challenging, with few studies comparing N _e estimates across molecular markers types and estimators such as single-sample methods based on linkage disequilibrium or sibship analyses versus methods based on temporal variance in allele frequencies. This study aims at bridging this gap by analysing single-sample and temporally spaced populations in the southern damself

SUBMITTER: Leveque A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667679 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature