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Oscar E. Gaggiotti is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom and specializes in research spanning Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their scholarly work includes a focus on Genetics, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research covers a range of main topics including Genetic diversity and population structure, Marine animal studies overview, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Frequent coauthors of Oscar E. Gaggiotti include Xinghu Qin, Emma L. Carroll, Simon Berrow, Andrew Brownlow, and Marié Louis. These collaborations reflect a continuous involvement in diverse research projects within related scientific communities.

Their work has been published repeatedly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Molecular Ecology Resources, and Briefings in Bioinformatics. These outlets highlight a presence in both preprint and peer-reviewed formats.

Selected recent papers by Oscar E. Gaggiotti include:

  • Deep Learning in Population Genetics, 2023, Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Selection on ancestral genetic variation fuels repeated ecotype formation in bottlenose dolphins, 2021, Science Advances
  • Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon eueu, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Genetic Diversity and Connectivity of Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis) Found in the Brazil and Chile-Peru Wintering Grounds and the South Georgia (Islas Georgias del Sur) Feeding Ground, 2020, Journal of Heredity
  • Common garden experiments to study local adaptation need to account for population structure, 2020, Journal of Ecology

Best Publications

  • A Genome-Scan Method to Identify Selected Loci Appropriate for Both Dominant and Codominant Markers: A Bayesian Perspective

    Matthieu Foll;Oscar Gaggiotti

  • What is a population? An empirical evaluation of some genetic methods for identifying the number of gene pools and their degree of connectivity.

    Robin S. Waples;Oscar Gaggiotti

  • Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) in practice

    Katalin Csilléry;Michael G.B. Blum;Oscar E. Gaggiotti;Olivier François

  • Ecology, genetics, and evolution of metapopulations

    Jennifer H. Mattei;Ilkka Hanski;Oscar E. Gaggiotti

  • Assignment methods: matching biological questions with appropriate techniques

    Stephanie Manel;Oscar E. Gaggiotti;Robin S. Waples

  • A comparison of two indirect methods for estimating average levels of gene flow using microsatellite data.

    O. E. Gaggiotti;O. Lange;K. Rassmann;C. Gliddon

  • Evaluating the performance of a multilocus Bayesian method for the estimation of migration rates.

    Pierre Faubet;Robin S. Waples;Oscar E. Gaggiotti

  • The goat domestication process inferred from large-scale mitochondrial DNA analysis of wild and domestic individuals

    Saeid Naderi;Hamid-Reza Rezaei;François Pompanon;Michael G. B. Blum

  • Identifying the environmental factors that determine the genetic structure of populations.

    Matthieu Foll;Oscar E. Gaggiotti

  • Common garden experiments in the genomic era: new perspectives and opportunities

    P de Villemereuil;O. Gaggiotti;O. Gaggiotti;M Mouterde;Irène Till-Bottraud

  • Spatial Inference of Admixture Proportions and Secondary Contact Zones

    Eric Durand;Flora Jay;Oscar E. Gaggiotti;Olivier François

  • Computer simulations: tools for population and evolutionary genetics

    Sean Hoban;Giorgio Bertorelle;Oscar E. Gaggiotti

  • Genome scan methods against more complex models: when and how much should we trust them?

    Pierre de Villemereuil;Éric Frichot;Éric Bazin;Olivier François

  • Disentangling the Effects of Evolutionary, Demographic, and Environmental Factors Influencing Genetic Structure of Natural Populations: Atlantic Herring as a Case Study

    Oscar E. Gaggiotti;Dorte Bekkevold;Hanne B. H. Jorgensen;Matthieu Foll

  • In defence of model-based inference in phylogeography.

    Mark A. Beaumont;Rasmus Nielsen;Christian Robert;Jody Hey

  • A new FST-based method to uncover local adaptation using environmental variables

    Pierre de Villemereuil;Oscar Eduardo Gaggiotti;Oscar Eduardo Gaggiotti

  • Bringing genetic diversity to the forefront of conservation policy and management

    Sean M. Hoban;Heidi C. Hauffe;SIlvia Perez-Espona;Jan W. Arntzen

  • A new Bayesian method to identify the environmental factors that influence recent migration.

    Pierre Faubet;Oscar E. Gaggiotti

  • 1 – Metapopulation Biology: Past, Present, and Future

    Ilkka Hanski;Oscar Gaggiotti

  • Widespread Signals of Convergent Adaptation to High Altitude in Asia and America

    Matthieu Foll;Matthieu Foll;Oscar E. Gaggiotti;Josephine T. Daub;Josephine T. Daub;Alexandra Vatsiou

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Excoffier
Laurent Excoffier University of Bern
Sean Hoban
Sean Hoban Morton Arboretum
Ilkka Hanski
Ilkka Hanski University of Helsinki
Robin S. Waples
Robin S. Waples University of Washington
Mark A. Beaumont
Mark A. Beaumont University of Bristol
Stéphanie Manel
Stéphanie Manel PSL University
A. Rus Hoelzel
A. Rus Hoelzel Durham University
David J. Balding
David J. Balding University of Melbourne
Jukka Corander
Jukka Corander University of Oslo
Ziheng Yang
Ziheng Yang University College London

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