The genic view of hybridization in the Anthropocene

J Ottenburghs - Evolutionary Applications, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human impact is noticeable around the globe, indicating that a new era might have begun:
the Anthropocene. Continuing human activities, including land‐use changes, introduction of …

[HTML][HTML] Interpreting the genomic landscape of introgression

SH Martin, CD Jiggins - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•The genomic landscape of introgression carries information about the fitness
consequences of hybridisation.•Studies are moving from documenting single examples to …

A synthesis of biological invasion hypotheses associated with the introduction–naturalisation–invasion continuum

EZ Daly, O Chabrerie, F Massol, B Facon, MCM Hess… - Oikos, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the advent of the Anthropocene, biological invasions have reached an unprecedented
level, and the number of species introductions is still increasing in an ever‐changing world …

The origin of domestication genes in goats

Z Zheng, X Wang, M Li, Y Li, Z Yang, X Wang… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Goat domestication was critical for agriculture and civilization, but its underlying genetic
changes and selection regimes remain unclear. Here, we analyze the genomes of …

Signatures of archaic adaptive introgression in present-day human populations

F Racimo, D Marnetto… - Molecular biology and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Comparisons of DNA from archaic and modern humans show that these groups interbred,
and in some cases received an evolutionary advantage from doing so. This process …

Adaptive introgression in an African malaria mosquito coincident with the increased usage of insecticide-treated bed nets

LC Norris, BJ Main, Y Lee, TC Collier… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Animal species adapt to changes in their environment, including man-made changes such
as the introduction of insecticides, through selection for advantageous genes already …

Insights into mammalian biology from the wild house mouse Mus musculus

M Phifer-Rixey, MW Nachman - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
The house mouse, Mus musculus, was established in the early 1900s as one of the first
genetic model organisms owing to its short generation time, comparatively large litters, ease …

Hybridization as a facilitator of species range expansion

KS Pfennig, AL Kelly, AA Pierce - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Explaining the evolution of species geographical ranges is fundamental to understanding
how biodiversity is distributed and maintained. The solution to this classic problem in …

A beak size locus in Darwin's finches facilitated character displacement during a drought

S Lamichhaney, F Han, J Berglund, C Wang… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Ecological character displacement is a process of morphological divergence that reduces
competition for limited resources. We used genomic analysis to investigate the genetic basis …

The neutral theory in light of natural selection

AD Kern, MW Hahn - Molecular biology and evolution, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In this perspective, we evaluate the explanatory power of the neutral theory of molecular
evolution, 50 years after its introduction by Kimura. We argue that the neutral theory was …