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Evolution, Genetics, and Conservation of Wildlife Respond to Environmental Changes
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Evolution, Genetics, and Conservation of Wildlife Respond to Environmental Changes

A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Conservation Biology and Biodiversity".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 429

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Jiang Chang

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State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
Interests: response and adaptation of biodiversity under climate change and human activities; scientific conservation measures using micro- and macro-scale approaches
Dr. Shuping Wang

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Guest Editor
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
Interests: environmental DNA; molecular ecology and environmental genomics; community ecology; biodiversity conservation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our upcoming Special Issue. In the era of accelerating global climate change, habitat degradation, and expanding anthropogenic impacts, wildlife faces unprecedented survival pressures. Environmental changes not only exert direct influences on species distributions and behavioral patterns but also reshape genetic architectures and evolutionary pathways through selective pressures. A comprehensive understanding of these complex dynamics is essential for formulating effective, evidence-based conservation policies.

This Special Issue aims to provide an academically inclusive platform for open discussions among scholars.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include, but not are limited to, the following: (1) rapid evolutionary response mechanisms in wildlife under environmental change; (2) the application of conservation genetics and genomics; (3) eco-evolutionary dynamics modeling; (4) integration of genomic tools with ecological models; and (5) biodiversity conservation and resilient ecosystem management under environmental change.  In addition, we encourage scholars to submit other articles related to the above-mentioned themes. It is with great enthusiasm that we invite you to contribute to the development of the academic subject in this field. 

We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Prof. Dr. Jiang Chang
Dr. Shuping Wang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • environmental change
  • wildlife
  • rapid evolution
  • genetic diversity
  • conservation genomics
  • environmental DNA
  • species distribution models
  • adaptive evolution
  • eco-evolutionary dynamics

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A High-Quality Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly and Comparative Analyses Provide Insights into the Adaptation of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
by Dan Zhang, Liangliang Li, Junchao Ma, Jianfeng Jin, Chunli Ding, Qiang Fang, Jianjun Jin, Zhulidezi Aishan and Xuebo Li
Biology 2025, 14(8), 913; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14080913 - 22 Jul 2025
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Chrysomya megacephala, as one of the common blowflies, displays biological characteristics, such as ovoviviparity and carrion-feeding adaptation. Thus, this species is generally considered of significant ecological, medical, and forensic importance. However, without a high-quality pseudo-chromosome genome for C. megacephala, elucidating its [...] Read more.
Chrysomya megacephala, as one of the common blowflies, displays biological characteristics, such as ovoviviparity and carrion-feeding adaptation. Thus, this species is generally considered of significant ecological, medical, and forensic importance. However, without a high-quality pseudo-chromosome genome for C. megacephala, elucidating its evolutionary trajectory proved difficult. Herein, we assembled and analyzed a high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly of the C. megacephala, combined with PacBio HiFi long reads, Hi-C data, and Illumina reads. The pseudo-chromosomes assembly of C. megacephala spans 629.44 Mb, with 97.05% anchored to five chromosomes. Final assembly includes 1056 contigs (N50 = 1.68 Mb), and 97 scaffolds (N50 = 121.37 Mb), achieving 98.90% BUSCO completeness (n = 1367). Gene annotation predicted 17,071 protein-coding genes (95.60% BUSCO completeness), while repeat masking identified 244.26 Mb (38.82%) as repetitive elements. Additionally, 3740 non-coding RNAs were characterized. Gene family analyses resulted in 10,579 gene families, containing 151 gene families that experienced rapid evolution. Comparative genomic analyses showed that the expanded genes are related to reproduction and necrophagous habits. In addition, we annotated the gene family P450s, CCEs, IRs, GRs, and ORs, all of which represent remarkable expansion, playing a crucial role in the mechanism of locating the hosts for forensic insects. Our research establishes a high-quality genome sequence to facilitate subsequent molecular investigations into significant species within forensic entomology. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evolution, Genetics, and Conservation of Wildlife Respond to Environmental Changes)
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