Interactions between alleles and across environments play an important role in the fitness of
hybrids and are at the heart of the speciation process. Fitness landscapes capture these …

Significant advances in biophysical methods such as next-generation sequencing
technologies have now opened the way to conduct evolutionary and applied research …

The brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens, white‐backed planthopper Sogatella furcifera,
and small brown planthopper Laodelphax striatellus are three major insect pests of rice …

Sex chromosomes are peculiar. In contrast to their autosomal counterparts, sex
chromosomes are inherited differently in females and males, can harbor distinct sets of …

Genome divergence is greatly influenced by gene flow during early stages of speciation. As
populations differentiate, geographic barriers can constrain gene flow and so affect the …

The mechanisms underlying rapid macroevolution are controversial. One largely untested
hypothesis that could inform this debate is that evolutionary reversals might release variation …

In sharp contrast to birds and mammals, in numerous cold-blooded vertebrates, sex
chromosomes have been described as homomorphic. This sex chromosome homomorphy …

A major challenge for studying the role of sexual selection in divergence and speciation is
understanding the relative influence of different sexually selected signals on those …

Differences in interspecific mating traits, such as male sexual signals and female
preferences, often evolve quickly as initial barriers to gene flow between nascent lineages …

Sex chromosomes are popularized as a special role in driving speciation. However, the
empirical evidence from natural population processes has been limited to organisms with …