Beak shape in Darwin's ground finches (Geospiza) is emblematic of natural selection and
adaptive radiation, yet our understanding of the genetic basis of beak shape variation, and …

Adaptive radiation unfolds as selection acts on the genetic variation underlying functional
traits. The nature of this variation can be revealed by studying the tips of an ongoing …

Recent adaptive radiations are models for investigating mechanisms contributing to the
evolution of biodiversity. An unresolved question is the relative importance of new mutations …

Genomic comparisons of closely related species have identified “islands” of locally elevated
sequence divergence. Genomic islands may contain functional variants involved in local …

A fundamental goal in evolutionary biology is to understand the genetic architecture of
adaptive traits and its evolutionary relevance. Using whole-genome data of 3,958 Darwin's …

Darwin's finches are a classic example of adaptive radiation, a process by which multiple
ecologically distinct species rapidly evolve from a single ancestor. Such evolutionary …

We recently used genome sequencing to study the evolutionary history of the Darwin's
finches. A prominent feature of our data was that different polymorphic sites in the genome …

A recent analysis of the genomes of Darwin's finches revealed extensive interspecies allele
sharing throughout the history of the radiation and identified a key locus responsible for …

Beak size and shape in Darwin's finches have traditionally been quantified using a few
univariate measurements (length, depth, width). Here we show the improved inferential …

A fundamental goal in evolutionary biology is to understand the genetic architecture of
adaptive traits. Using whole-genome data of 3955 of Darwin's finches on the Galápagos …