Life in the “dead heart” of Australia: The geohistory of the Australian deserts and its impact on genetic diversity of arid zone lizards

M Pepper, JS Keogh - Journal of Biogeography, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim The Australian deserts are home to a remarkable diversity of taxa that might
appear to have evolved in the absence of topographic and physical barriers to dispersal. In …

Subspecies at crossroads: the evolutionary significance of genomic and phenotypic variation in a wide-ranging Australian lizard (Ctenotus pantherinus)

I Prates, P Doughty, DL Rabosky - Zoological Journal of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Many subspecies were described to capture phenotypic variation in wide-ranging taxa, with
some later being found to correspond to divergent genetic lineages. We investigate whether …

Molecular phylogeography reveals two geographically and temporally separated floristic exchange tracks between Southeast Asia and northern Australia

EM Joyce, CM Pannell, M Rossetto… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Exchange of plant lineages between Australia and Southeast Asia has had a
substantial impact on the evolution of Australia's northern, tropical flora, with important …

Whole‐genome phylogeography of the blue‐faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) and discovery and characterization of a neo‐Z chromosome

JT Burley, SCM Orzechowski, SYW Sin… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Whole‐genome surveys of genetic diversity and geographic variation often yield unexpected
discoveries of novel structural variation, which long‐read DNA sequencing can help clarify …

Genetic and geographic population structure in the malaria vector, Anopheles farauti, provides a candidate system for pioneering confinable gene-drive releases

L Ambrose, SL Allen, C Iro'ofa, C Butafa, NW Beebe - Heredity, 2024 - nature.com
Indoor insecticide applications are the primary tool for reducing malaria transmission in the
Solomon Archipelago, a region where Anopheles farauti is the only common malaria vector …

Speciation across biomes: Rapid diversification with reproductive isolation in the Australian delicate mice

E Roycroft, F Ford, T Ramm, R Schembri… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Phylogeographic studies of continental clades, especially when combined with
palaeoclimate modelling, provide powerful insight into how environment drives speciation …

Phylogeography of the blue-winged kookaburra Dacelo leachii across tropical northern Australia and New Guinea

A Dorrington, L Joseph, W Hallgren, I Mason… - Emu-Austral …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Phylogeographic studies of northern Australian birds frequently detect the influence of the
Carpentarian Barrier in vicariantly structuring present-day genetic variation. Several barriers …

Contrasting scales of local persistence between monsoonal and arid biomes in closely related, low‐dispersal vertebrates

S Potter, AC Afonso Silva, JG Bragg… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Focussing on pairs of sister species across three genera of scincid lizards, we use
genomic evidence to test for larger‐scale, late‐Pleistocene changes in distributions of …

Taxonomic revision of dragon lizards in the genus' Diporiphora'(Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Australian monsoonal tropics

M Jane, KS Date, P Horner… - Memoirs of Museum …, 2019 - search.informit.org
The Australian dragon lizard genus' Diporiphora'currently comprises 21 species based on
genetic and morphological evidence, with 11 of these species occurring in the monsoonal …

Historical and future climate change fosters expansion of Australian harvester termites, Drepanotermes

B Heimburger, SS Maurer, L Schardt, S Scheu… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Past evolutionary adaptations to Australia's aridification can help us to understand the
potential responses of species in the face of global climate change. Here, we focus on the …