What do we really know about adaptation at range edges?

AL Angert, MG Bontrager, J Ågren - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Recent theory and empirical evidence have provided new insights regarding how
evolutionary forces interact to shape adaptation at stable and transient range margins …

Eco‐evolutionary dynamics of range expansion

TEX Miller, AL Angert, CD Brown, JA Lee‐Yaw… - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the movement of species' ranges is a classic ecological problem that takes
on urgency in this era of global change. Historically treated as a purely ecological process …

Are glacial refugia hotspots of speciation and cytonuclear discordances? Answers from the genomic phylogeography of Spanish common frogs

C Dufresnes, AG Nicieza, SN Litvinchuk… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Subdivided Pleistocene glacial refugia, best known as “refugia within refugia”, provided
opportunities for diverging populations to evolve into incipient species and/or to hybridize …

Selection and hybridization shaped the rapid spread of African honey bee ancestry in the Americas

E Calfee, MN Agra, MA Palacio, SR Ramírez… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Recent biological invasions offer 'natural'laboratories to understand the genetics and
ecology of adaptation, hybridization, and range limits. One of the most impressive and well …

Inference of natural selection from ancient DNA

M Dehasque, MC Ávila-Arcos… - Evolution …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Evolutionary processes, including selection, can be indirectly inferred based on patterns of
genomic variation among contemporary populations or species. However, this often requires …

Effects of landscapes and range expansion on population structure and local adaptation

W Zhao, YQ Sun, J Pan, AR Sullivan… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the origin and distribution of genetic diversity across landscapes is critical for
predicting the future of organisms in changing climates. This study investigated how …

Fifty Years of Research on European Mink Mustela lutreola L., 1761 Genetics: Where Are We Now in Studies on One of the Most Endangered Mammals?

J Skorupski - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this review is to present the current state of knowledge about the genetics of
European mink Mustela lutreola L., 1761, which is one of the most endangered mammalian …

RAPTURE (RAD capture) panel facilitates analyses characterizing sea lamprey reproductive ecology and movement dynamics

NM Sard, SR Smith, JJ Homola, J Kanefsky… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Genomic tools are lacking for invasive and native populations of sea lamprey (Petromyzon
marinus). Our objective was to discover single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci to …

The impact of long-range dispersal on gene surfing

J Paulose, O Hallatschek - Proceedings of the National …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Range expansions lead to distinctive patterns of genetic variation in populations, even in the
absence of selection. These patterns and their genetic consequences have been well …

Seascape Genomics of the Sugar Kelp Saccharina latissima along the North Eastern Atlantic Latitudinal Gradient

J Guzinski, P Ruggeri, M Ballenghien, S Mauger… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Temperature is one of the most important range-limiting factors for many seaweeds. Driven
by the recent climatic changes, rapid northward shifts of species' distribution ranges can …