Table 1 Examples of recent studies using the population genomics approach to identify ‘outlier loci’ involved in differentiation between habitats

From: Combining population genomics and quantitative genetics: finding the genes underlying ecologically important traits

Species

Marker type

Comparison

Percent of differentiated loci (# differentiated loci/ # loci screened)

Number of independent comparisons

References

Periwinkle snail (Littorina saxatalis)

AFLP

Between shell shape morphs that vary clinally with vertical elevation

4.9% (15/306)

Three bays

Wilding et al. (2001)

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Genomic and EST-derived microsatellites

Between habitats (fresh, brackish, and saltwater) and seas (Barents versus White Sea)

9.5% (9/95)

Two populations each for Barents versus White Sea; 2–4 populations for fresh, brackish, saltwater habitats

Vasemagi et al. (2005)

Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)

AFLP

Between dwarf and normal ecotypes

1.4% (6/440)

Four lakes, each with sympatric pairs of ecotypes

Campbell and Bernatchez (2004)

Common frog (Rana temporaria)

AFLP

Low, intermediate, high altitude

2% (8/392)

Two altitudinal transects

Bonin et al. (2006)

  1. Abbreviations: AFLP, amplified fragment length polymorphism; EST, expressed sequence tag.
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