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Record W4414172165 · doi:10.1139/cjz-2024-0174

Are genetic differences between eastern and western Golden-crowned Kinglets populations correlated with environmental variation?

2025· article· en· W4414172165 on OpenAlexafffundvenue
Brendan A. Graham, Theresa M. Burg

Bibliographic record

VenueCanadian Journal of Zoology · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicGenetic diversity and population structure
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Lethbridge
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsGenetic variationPopulationVariation (astronomy)Genetic variabilityEnvironmental changeClimate changeGenetic structure

Abstract

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Species with broad distributions often inhabit different habitats across their range, and studying how the observed environmental variation influences genetic variation can provide insights into the forces that drive population differentiation. Examining the relationship between genetic and environment variation is of importance given the effect climate change has on natural populations. Here we use high-throughput sequencing to assess population structure and examine the relationship between genetic and environment variation in eastern and western populations of Golden-crowned Kinglets ( Regulus satrapa Lichtenstein, 1823) with 14 438 single nucleotide polymorphisms from 41 individuals. Our analyses revealed that eastern and western populations of Golden-crowned Kinglets are differentiated from each other ( F ST = 0.08; p < 0.001), matching results from previous studies, and show low to moderate ecological variation (Cohen’s D = 0.52–2.59) for the three environmental variables we measured. The variable examining precipitation showed a moderate correlation with genetic variation ( r = 0.47; p < 0.001) and partial-redundancy and latent factor mixed models identified loci associated with precipitation. These results indicate the potential for environment to drive genetic differences between genetically distinct populations, although isolation by geographic distance during the last glacial maximum appears to have had a stronger effect on population structure. Overall, our study demonstrates the importance of examining genetic and ecological variation in unison to gain greater insights into how environmental variation contributes to genetic variation.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.016
Threshold uncertainty score0.031

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.013
GPT teacher head0.207
Teacher spread0.194 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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Published2025
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