Runs of homozygosity reveal past bottlenecks and contemporary inbreeding across diverging populations of an Island‐colonizing bird

CA Martin, EC Sheppard, JC Illera, A Suh… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Genomes retain evidence of the demographic history and evolutionary forces that have
shaped populations and drive speciation. Across island systems, contemporary patterns of …

Genomic variation, population history and within-archipelago adaptation between island bird populations

CA Martin, C Armstrong, JC Illera… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Oceanic island archipelagos provide excellent models to understand evolutionary
processes. Colonization events and gene flow can interact with selection to shape genetic …

The great tit HapMap project: A continental‐scale analysis of genomic variation in a songbird

LG Spurgin, M Bosse, F Adriaensen… - Molecular ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A major aim of evolutionary biology is to understand why patterns of genomic diversity vary
within taxa and space. Large‐scale genomic studies of widespread species are useful for …

Genomic associations with bill length and disease reveal drift and selection across island bird populations

C Armstrong, DS Richardson, H Hipperson… - Evolution …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Island species provide excellent models for investigating how selection and drift operate in
wild populations, and for determining how these processes act to influence local adaptation …

Extreme philopatry and genetic diversification at unprecedented scales in a seabird

DK Danckwerts, L Humeau, P Pinet, CD Mcquaid… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Effective conservation requires maintenance of the processes underlying species
divergence, as well as understanding species' responses to episodic disturbances and long …

An Island‐hopping bird reveals how founder events shape genome‐wide divergence

AT Sendell‐Price, KC Ruegg, BC Robertson… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
When populations colonize new areas, both strong selection and strong drift can be
experienced due to novel environments and small founding populations, respectively …

Genetic and phenotypic divergence in an island bird: isolation by distance, by colonization or by adaptation?

LG Spurgin, JC Illera, TH Jorgensen… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Discerning the relative roles of adaptive and nonadaptive processes in generating
differences among populations and species, as well as how these processes interact, is a …

Island songbirds as windows into evolution in small populations

T Leroy, M Rousselle, MK Tilak, AE Caizergues… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Due to their limited ranges and inherent isolation, island species have long been recognized
as crucial systems for tackling a range of evolutionary questions, including in the early study …

Museum genomics provide evidence for persistent genetic differentiation in a threatened seabird species in the Western Atlantic

PA Byerly, RT Chesser, RC Fleischer… - Integrative and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Connectivity among wildlife populations facilitates exchange of genetic material between
groups. Changes to historical connectivity patterns resulting from anthropogenic activities …

Standing genetic variation and de novo mutations underlie parallel evolution of island bird phenotypes

A Estandía, AT Sendell-Price, BC Robertson, SM Clegg - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Parallel evolution occurs when the same trait evolves in closely related lineages in response
to similar ecological contexts and provides some of the best examples of determinism in …