Rapid adaptation in a fast‐changing world: Emerging insights from insect genomics

GA McCulloch, JM Waters - Global Change Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many researchers have questioned the ability of biota to adapt to rapid anthropogenic
environmental shifts. Here, we synthesize emerging genomic evidence for rapid insect …

Ecological drivers of global gradients in avian dispersal inferred from wing morphology

C Sheard, MHC Neate-Clegg, N Alioravainen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
An organism's ability to disperse influences many fundamental processes, from speciation
and geographical range expansion to community assembly. However, the patterns and …

Erosion of heterogeneous rock drives diversification of Appalachian fishes

MF Stokes, D Kim, SF Gallen, E Benavides, BP Keck… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The high levels of biodiversity supported by mountains suggest a possible link between
geologic processes and biological evolution. Freshwater biodiversity is high not only in …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological and evolutionary implications of microbial dispersal

GF Custer, L Bresciani, F Dini-Andreote - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Dispersal is simply defined as the movement of species across space and time. Despite this
terse definition, dispersal is an essential process with direct ecological and evolutionary …

Dispersal ability and its consequences for population genetic differentiation and diversification

D Suárez, P Arribas… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Dispersal ability is known to influence geographical structuring of genetic variation within
species, with a direct relationship between low vagility and population genetic structure …

Reinventing the wheel? Reassessing the roles of gene flow, sorting and convergence in repeated evolution

JM Waters, GA McCulloch - Molecular Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biologists have long been intrigued by apparently predictable and repetitive evolutionary
trajectories inferred across a variety of lineages and systems. In recent years, high …

Towards understanding insect species introduction and establishment: A community‐level barcoding approach using island beetles

E Jiménez‐García, C Andújar, H López… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since Darwin put forward his opposing hypotheses to explain the successful establishment
of species in areas outside their native ranges, the preadaptation and competition …

Genomics reveals widespread ecological speciation in flightless insects

GA McCulloch, BJ Foster, L Dutoit… - Systematic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Recent genomic analyses have highlighted parallel divergence in response to ecological
gradients, but the extent to which altitude can underpin such repeated speciation remains …

The importance of migratory drop-off for island colonization in birds

P Dufour, F Sayol, R Cooke… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Seasonal migration is an underappreciated driver of animal diversification. Changes in
migratory behaviour may favour the establishment of sedentary founder populations and …

Genome‐wide analysis resolves the radiation of New Zealand's freshwater Galaxias vulgaris complex and reveals a candidate species obscured by mitochondrial …

CSM Campbell, L Dutoit, TM King… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Freshwater fish radiations are often characterized by multiple closely related species in
close proximity, which can lead to introgression and associated discordance of …