Recent research shows that introgression between closely-related species is an important
source of adaptive alleles for a wide range of taxa. Typically, detection of adaptive …

Studies of plants have been instrumental for revealing how new species originate. For
several decades, botanical research has complemented and, in some cases, challenged …

The identification of genomic regions and genes that have evolved under natural selection is
a fundamental objective in the field of evolutionary genetics. While various approaches have …

Sympatric speciation illustrates how natural and sexual selection may create new species in
isolation without geographic barriers. However, recent genomic reanalyses of classic …

The evolution of herbicide resistance in weed populations is a highly replicated example of
adaptation surmounting the race against extinction, but the factors determining its rate and …

The ADH1B (Alcohol Dehydrogenase 1B (class I), Beta Polypeptide) gene and its best‐
known functional alleles, Arg48His (rs1229984, ADH1B* 2) and Arg370Cys (rs2066702 …

Highlights•Progress in genomics has greatly impacted research approaches in crop
evolution.•There is a more detailed view of the effect of domestication on genetic diversity …

Background Currently, there is very limited knowledge about the genes involved in normal
pigmentation variation in East Asian populations. We carried out a genome-wide scan of …

Inferring the nature and magnitude of selection is an important problem in many biological
contexts. Typically when estimating a selection coefficient for an allele, it is assumed that …

Characterizing the nature of the adaptive process at the genetic level is a central goal for
population genetics. In particular, we know little about the sources of adaptive substitution or …