Chromosomal inversions have long fascinated evolutionary biologists due to their
suppression of recombination, which can protect co-adapted alleles. Emerging research …

Understanding the molecular underpinnings of evolutionary adaptations is a central focus of
modern evolutionary biology. Recent studies have uncovered a panoply of complex …

We used 20 de novo genome assemblies to probe the speciation history and architecture of
gene flow in rapidly radiating Heliconius butterflies. Our tests to distinguish incomplete …

The origin of biological diversity, via the formation of new species, can be inextricably linked
to adaptation to the ecological environment. Specifically, ecological processes are central to …

Recombination is a central biological process with implications for many areas in the life
sciences. Yet we are only beginning to appreciate variation in the recombination rate along …

Levels of genetic differentiation between populations can be highly variable across the
genome, with divergent selection contributing to such heterogeneous genomic divergence …

Supergenes are tight clusters of loci that facilitate the co-segregation of adaptive variation,
providing integrated control of complex adaptive phenotypes. Polymorphic supergenes, in …

Motivation: Redundant protein sequences in biological databases hinder sequence
similarity searches and make interpretation of search results difficult. Clustering of protein …

The wing patterns of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) are diverse and striking examples
of evolutionary diversification by natural selection,. Lepidopteran wing colour patterns are a …

Research on the genomic architecture of speciation has increasingly revealed the
importance of structural variants (SVs) that affect the presence, abundance, position, and/or …