Hybridization and speciation

R Abbott, D Albach, S Ansell, JW Arntzen… - Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Hybridization has many and varied impacts on the process of speciation. Hybridization may
slow or reverse differentiation by allowing gene flow and recombination. It may accelerate …

Recent progress and challenges in population genetics of polyploid organisms: an overview of current state‐of‐the‐art molecular and statistical tools

F Dufresne, M Stift, R Vergilino, BK Mable - Molecular ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the importance of polyploidy and the increasing availability of new genomic data,
there remain important gaps in our knowledge of polyploid population genetics. These gaps …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstruction of proto-vertebrate, proto-cyclostome and proto-gnathostome genomes provides new insights into early vertebrate evolution

Y Nakatani, P Shingate, V Ravi, NE Pillai… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ancient polyploidization events have had a lasting impact on vertebrate genome structure,
organization and function. Some key questions regarding the number of ancient …

Species delimitation in herpetology

DM Hillis - Journal of Herpetology, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
The discovery and delimitation of species has changed dramatically over time. Species
delimitation practices became more thorough and formal in the 1900s with the introduction …

Autopolyploidy in angiosperms: have we grossly underestimated the number of species?

DE Soltis, PS Soltis, DW Schemske, JF Hancock… - Taxon, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Many species comprise multiple cytotypes that represent autopolyploids, or presumed
autopolyploids, of the basic diploid cytotype. However, rarely has an autopolyploid been …

Genome duplication in amphibians and fish: an extended synthesis

BK Mable, MA Alexandrou, MI Taylor - Journal of zoology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Whole genome duplication (leading to polyploidy) is widely accepted as an important
evolutionary force in plants, but it is less recognized as a driver of animal diversification …

[HTML][HTML] Goldilocks meets Santa Rosalia: an ephemeral speciation model explains patterns of diversification across time scales

EB Rosenblum, BAJ Sarver, JW Brown… - Evolutionary …, 2012 - Springer
Understanding the rate at which new species form is a key question in studying the evolution
of life on earth. Here we review our current understanding of speciation rates, focusing on …

Tracking the evolutionary history of polyploidy in Fragaria L.(strawberry): new insights from phylogenetic analyses of low-copy nuclear genes

M Rousseau-Gueutin, A Gaston, A Aïnouche… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2009 - Elsevier
Phylogenetic utility of two nuclear genes (GBSSI-2 and DHAR) was explored in genus
Fragaria in order to clarify phylogenetic relationships among taxa and to elucidate the origin …

Natural hybridization generates mammalian lineage with species characteristics

PA Larsen… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Most diploid species arise from single-species ancestors. Hybrid origins of new species are
uncommon (except among polyploids) and are documented infrequently in animals …

[PDF][PDF] Speciation, species boundaries and phylogeography of amphibians

M Vences, DB Wake - Amphibian biology, 2007 - Citeseer
II. Vicariant Species Formation E. Estimates of Amphibian Species Diversity A. Dichopatric
versus Peripatric V. Correlates, Radiation Trajectories and B. Gene Flow, Dispersal and …