Hybridization is an evolutionary phenomenon that has fascinated biologists for centuries.
Prior to the advent of whole-genome sequencing, it was clear that hybridization had played …

In the past decade, advances in genome sequencing have allowed researchers to uncover
the history of hybridization in diverse groups of species, including our own. Although the …

Background The interplay between hosts and their associated microbiome is now
recognized as a fundamental basis of the ecology, evolution, and development of both …

Hybrid zones provide a powerful opportunity to analyze ecological and evolutionary
interactions between divergent lineages. As such, research on hybrid zones has played a …

The house mouse, Mus musculus, was established in the early 1900s as one of the first
genetic model organisms owing to its short generation time, comparatively large litters, ease …

Regulatory variation influencing gene expression is a key contributor to phenotypic diversity,
both within and between species. Unfortunately, RNA degrades too rapidly to be recovered …

Behavioral variation abounds in nature. This variation is important for adaptation and
speciation, but its molecular basis remains elusive. Here, we use a hybrid zone between two …

As is true of virtually every realm of the biological sciences, our understanding of speciation
is increasingly informed by the genomic revolution of the past decade. Investigators can ask …

Details on the genetics of behavioral and quantitative phenotypes remain limited to a few
organisms. Such information is central to understanding both adaptation and speciation, as …

Wild populations of the house mouse (Mus musculus) represent the raw genetic material for
the classical inbred strains in biomedical research and are a major model system for …