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 …

Dispersal reduction: causes, genomic mechanisms, and evolutionary consequences

JM Waters, BC Emerson, P Arribas… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
Recent biological analyses suggest that reductions in dispersal ability have been key drivers
of diversification across numerous lineages. We synthesise emerging data to highlight …

Comparing adaptive radiations across space, time, and taxa

RG Gillespie, GM Bennett, L De Meester… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Adaptive radiation plays a fundamental role in our understanding of the evolutionary
process. However, the concept has provoked strong and differing opinions concerning its …

A roadmap for island biology: 50 fundamental questions after 50 years of The Theory of Island Biogeography

J Patiño, RJ Whittaker, PAV Borges… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The 50th anniversary of the publication of the seminal book, The Theory of Island
Biogeography, by Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson, is a timely moment to review …

Host-parasite ecology, behavior and genetics: a review of the introduced fly parasite Philornis downsi and its Darwin's finch hosts

S Kleindorfer, RY Dudaniec - Bmc Zoology, 2016 - Springer
Understanding host-parasite interactions requires that the multi-faceted relationships among
ecological, behavioral and molecular processes be characterized and integrated. The …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Global dispersal and diversification in ground beetles of the subfamily Carabinae

T Sota, Y Takami, H Ikeda, H Liang, G Karagyan… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2022 - Elsevier
The origin and diversification process of lineages of organisms that are currently widely
distributed among continents is an interesting subject for exploring the evolutionary history …

Chromosomal inversions from an initial ecotypic divergence drive a gradual repeated radiation of Galápagos beetles

C Vangestel, J Swaegers, Z De Corte, W Dekoninck… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Island faunas exhibit some of the most iconic examples where similar forms repeatedly
evolve within different islands. Yet, whether these deterministic evolutionary trajectories …

Anthropogenic evolution in an insect wing polymorphism following widespread deforestation

BJ Foster, GA McCulloch, MFS Vogel… - Biology …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenic environmental change can underpin major shifts in natural selective regimes,
and can thus alter the evolutionary trajectories of wild populations. However, little is known …

Archipelago-wide patterns of colonization and speciation among an endemic radiation of Galápagos land snails

JG Phillips, TM Linscott, AM Rankin… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Newly arrived species on young or remote islands are likely to encounter less predation and
competition than source populations on continental landmasses. The associated ecological …