Threespine stickleback: A model system for evolutionary genomics

K Reid, MA Bell, KR Veeramah - Annual review of genomics …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The repeated adaptation of oceanic threespine sticklebacks to fresh water has made it a
premier organism to study parallel evolution. These small fish have multiple distinct …

Sex chromosomes in meiotic, hemiclonal, clonal and polyploid hybrid vertebrates: along the 'extended speciation continuum'

M Stöck, D Dedukh, R Reifová… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We review knowledge about the roles of sex chromosomes in vertebrate hybridization and
speciation, exploring a gradient of divergences with increasing reproductive isolation …

Three problems in the genetics of speciation by selection

D Schluter, LH Rieseberg - Proceedings of the National …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Speciation is the process by which barriers to gene flow evolve between populations.
Although we now know that speciation is largely driven by natural selection, knowledge of …

Cycles of fusion and fission enabled rapid parallel adaptive radiations in African cichlids

JI Meier, MD McGee, DA Marques, S Mwaiko, M Kishe… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Although some lineages of animals and plants have made impressive adaptive radiations
when provided with ecological opportunity, the propensities to radiate vary profoundly …

A continuous fish fossil record reveals key insights into adaptive radiation

N Ngoepe, M Muschick, MA Kishe, S Mwaiko… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Adaptive radiations have been instrumental in generating a considerable amount of life's
diversity. Ecological opportunity is thought to be a prerequisite for adaptive radiation, but …

Long reads are revolutionizing 20 years of insect genome sequencing

S Hotaling, JS Sproul, J Heckenhauer… - Genome Biology and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The first insect genome assembly (Drosophila melanogaster) was published two decades
ago. Today, nuclear genome assemblies are available for a staggering 601 insect species …

Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous

A Ghezelayagh, RC Harrington, ED Burress… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Spiny-rayed fishes (Acanthomorpha) dominate modern marine habitats and account for
more than a quarter of all living vertebrate species. Previous time-calibrated phylogenies …

Extensive introgression and mosaic genomes of Mediterranean endemic lizards

W Yang, N Feiner, C Pinho, GM While… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The Mediterranean basin is a hotspot of biodiversity, fuelled by climatic oscillation and
geological change over the past 20 million years. Wall lizards of the genus Podarcis are …

Comparing the performance of 12S mitochondrial primers for fish environmental DNA across ecosystems

A Polanco F, E Richards, B Flück, A Valentini… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Through the development of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding, in situ monitoring
of organisms is becoming easier and promises a revolution in our approaches to detect …

Genome-wide macroevolutionary signatures of key innovations in butterflies colonizing new host plants

R Allio, B Nabholz, S Wanke, G Chomicki… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The mega-diversity of herbivorous insects is attributed to their co-evolutionary associations
with plants. Despite abundant studies on insect-plant interactions, we do not know whether …