Cryptic species as a window into the paradigm shift of the species concept

C Fišer, CT Robinson, F Malard - Molecular Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The species concept is the cornerstone of biodiversity science, and any paradigm shift in the
delimitation of species affects many research fields. Many biologists now are embracing a …

The role of sexual selection in local adaptation and speciation

MR Servedio, JW Boughman - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Sexual selection plays several intricate and complex roles in the related processes of local
adaptation and speciation. In some cases sexual selection can promote these processes …

Defining the speciation continuum

S Stankowski, M Ravinet - Evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
A primary roadblock to our understanding of speciation is that it usually occurs over a
timeframe that is too long to study from start to finish. The idea of a speciation continuum …

Rapid hybrid speciation in Darwin's finches

S Lamichhaney, F Han, MT Webster, L Andersson… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Homoploid hybrid speciation in animals has been inferred frequently from patterns of
variation, but few examples have withstood critical scrutiny. Here we report a directly …

Incorporating the speciation process into species delimitation

J Sukumaran, MT Holder… - PLoS Computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The “multispecies” coalescent (MSC) model that underlies many genomic species-
delimitation approaches is problematic because it does not distinguish between genetic …

Evolution in the light of fitness landscape theory

I Fragata, A Blanckaert, MAD Louro, DA Liberles… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019 - cell.com
By formalizing the relationship between genotype or phenotype and fitness, fitness
landscapes harbor information on molecular and evolutionary constraints. The shape of the …

Rapid speciation via the evolution of pre-mating isolation in the Iberá Seedeater

SP Turbek, M Browne, AS Di Giacomo, C Kopuchian… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Organisms in the early stages of speciation provide an opportunity to
understand the processes that govern reproductive isolation between taxa. Ecological or …

Survival and divergence in a small group: The extraordinary genomic history of the endangered Apennine brown bear stragglers

A Benazzo, E Trucchi, JA Cahill… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
About 100 km east of Rome, in the central Apennine Mountains, a critically endangered
population of∼ 50 brown bears live in complete isolation. Mating outside this population is …

Parallel evolution of local adaptation and reproductive isolation in the face of gene flow

RK Butlin, M Saura, G Charrier, B Jackson, C André… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Parallel evolution of similar phenotypes provides strong evidence for the operation of natural
selection. Where these phenotypes contribute to reproductive isolation, they further support …

Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation in birds

N Seddon, CA Botero, JA Tobias… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Sexual selection is proposed to be an important driver of diversification in animal systems,
yet previous tests of this hypothesis have produced mixed results and the mechanisms …