On a final note, we're all very interested in getting feedback on this project - please reach out with thoughts, suggestions, reviews, questions, etc.!

Eric was an extraordinarily generous colleague and a deeply kind and curious person. We all miss him.

It's been a long road to get this project out, and I'm very thankful to have worked on it with such excellent humans and wonderful colleagues. I want to especially highlight Eric Crandall, who worked tirelessly on this project and tragically passed away before it came together.

We found support for some results in line with our predictions (e.g., diversity increases with range extent), and for some counterintuitive results (e.g., dispersal-related traits were positively correlated with diversity).

We then aggregated biotic and abiotic factors (e.g., dispersal traits, life history traits, and range features) for each species to test some classic hypotheses about what predicts genetic diversity across species.

We collected georeferenced genomic data from over 9,000 individuals from over 90 marine species and used a spatial population genetic model to estimate the genetic diversity of each species.

Wow that’s so cool! Thanks for letting me know!

Also, big thanks to Simon Gravel for the lovely perspective on our paper!

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