During recent climate warming, many insect species have shifted their ranges to higher
latitudes and altitudes. These expansions mirror those that occurred after the Last Glacial …

Phylogenetic trees in insects are frequently dated by applying a “standard” mitochondrial
DNA (mtDNA) clock estimated at 2.3% My− 1, but despite its wide use reliable calibration …

Parallel divergence across replicated species pairs occurring in similar environmental
contrasts may arise through distinct evolutionary scenarios. Deciphering whether such …

The Quaternary climate cycles played an important role in shaping the distribution of
biodiversity among current populations, even in warm-temperate zones, where land was not …

Here we report evidence of a mitochondrial–Wolbachia sweep in North American
populations of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis, a cosmopolitan species and …

Exploring how organisms overcome geographical barriers to dispersal is a fundamental
question in biology. Passive long-distance dispersal events, although infrequent and …

Climatic changes have played major roles in plants' evolutionary history. Glacial oscillations
have been particularly important, but some of their effects on plants' populations are poorly …

Aim Phylogeographical research in the East Asian continent and islands (East Asian
Margins, or EAM) suggests predominant Pleistocene over‐water dispersal events from …

Climate relicts hold considerable importance because they have resulted from numerous
historical changes. However, there are major interspecific variations among the ways by …

Quaternary climate oscillations and modification of the environment by humans have played
an important role in shaping species distribution and genetic structure of modern species …