Genomic admixture increases fitness during a biological invasion

SR Keller, DR Taylor - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
During biological invasions, multiple introductions can provide opportunities for admixture
among genetically distinct lineages. Admixture is predicted to contribute to invasion success …

[HTML][HTML] Asymmetric introgressive hybridization among Louisiana Iris species

ML Arnold, S Tang, SJ Knapp, NH Martin - Genes, 2010 - mdpi.com
In this review, we discuss findings from studies carried out over the past 20+ years that
document the occurrence of asymmetric introgressive hybridization in a plant clade. In …

Integrating ancient patterns and current dynamics of insect–plant interactions: taxonomic and geographic variation in herbivore specialization

JM Scriber - Insect Science, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The search for pattern in the ecology and evolutionary biology of insect–plant associations
has fascinated biologists for centuries. High levels of tropical (low‐latitude) plant and insect …

Exploring the population genetic consequences of the colonization process with spatio‐temporally explicit models: insights from coupled ecological, demographic and …

L Lacey Knowles… - Molecular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the genetic consequences of shifting species distributions is critical for
evaluating the impact of climate‐induced distributional changes. However, the demographic …

Genomic diversity, population structure, and migration following rapid range expansion in the Balsam Poplar, Populus balsamifera

SR Keller, MS Olson, S Silim, W Schroeder… - Molecular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid range expansions can cause pervasive changes in the genetic diversity and structure
of populations. The postglacial history of the Balsam Poplar, Populus balsamifera, involved …

Genetic structure of a recent climate change‐driven range extension

SC Banks, SD Ling, CR Johnson, MP Piggott… - Molecular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The life‐history strategies of some species make them strong candidates for rapid
exploitation of novel habitat under new climate regimes. Some early‐responding species …

Range‐wide distribution of genetic diversity in the North American tree Juglans cinerea: a product of range shifts, not ecological marginality or recent population …

SM Hoban, DS Borkowski, SL Brosi… - Molecular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The spatial distribution of genetic diversity is a product of recent and historical ecological
processes, as well as anthropogenic activities. A current challenge in population and …

Nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data reveal and conceal different demographic histories and population genetic processes in Caribbean reef fishes

RI Eytan, ME Hellberg - Evolution, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data should recover historical demographic events at
different temporal scales due to differences in their effective population sizes and …

Genomic admixture analysis in European Populus spp. reveals unexpected patterns of reproductive isolation and mating

C Lexer, JA Joseph, M van Loo, T Barbará, B Heinze… - Genetics, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Admixture between genetically divergent populations facilitates genomic studies of the
mechanisms involved in adaptation, reproductive isolation, and speciation, including …

Phylogeography of Plathymenia reticulata (Leguminosae) reveals patterns of recent range expansion towards northeastern Brazil and southern Cerrados in Eastern …

RML Novaes, JP De Lemos Filho, RA Ribeiro… - Molecular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Little is known about past vegetation dynamics in Eastern Tropical South America (ETSA).
Here we describe patterns of chloroplast (cp) DNA variation in Plathymenia reticulata, a …