Although the first ancient DNA molecules were extracted more than three decades ago, the
first ancient nuclear genomes could only be characterized after high-throughput sequencing …

Hybridization, defined as breeding between two distinct taxonomic units, can have an
important effect on the evolutionary patterns in cross-breeding taxa. Although interspecific …

The relative importance of introgression for diversification has long been a highly disputed
topic in speciation research and remains an open question despite the great attention it has …

Most species are extinct, those that are not are often unknown. Sequenced and sampled
species are often a minority of known ones. Past evolutionary events involving horizontal …

Ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss are major global challenges. When
reproductive isolation between species is contingent on the interaction of intrinsic lineage …

Evolution is a continuous trial and error process in which most lineages go extinct without
leaving fossil remains. Many of these lineages would be closely related and occasionally …

During the late Pleistocene, isolated lineages of hominins exchanged genes thus
influencing genomic variation in humans in both the past and present. However, the …

Bears are fascinating mammals because of their complex pattern of speciation and rapid
evolution of distinct phenotypes. Interspecific hybridization has been common and has …

Animal domestication is considered a complex and multistage process that altered
behaviorally, morphologically, and physiologically the domesticates relative to their wild …

Abstract The Bering Land Bridge (BLB) last connected Eurasia and North America during
the Late Pleistocene. Although the BLB would have enabled transfers of terrestrial biota in …