Speciation, the evolution of reproductive isolation among populations, is continuous,
complex, and involves multiple, interacting barriers. Until it is complete, the effects of this …

The metaphor of 'genomic islands of speciation'was first used to describe heterogeneous
differentiation among loci between the genomes of closely related species. The biological …

Understanding why some evolutionary lineages generate exceptionally high species
diversity is an important goal in evolutionary biology. Haplochromine cichlid fishes of Africa's …

Massively parallel short‐read sequencing technologies, coupled with powerful software
platforms, are enabling investigators to analyse tens of thousands of genetic markers. This …

Species can be defined as populations that are diagnosably distinct, reproductively isolated,
cohesive, or exclusive groups of organisms. Boundaries between species in sympatry are …

Hybridization among diverging lineages is common in nature. Genomic data provide a
special opportunity to characterize the history of hybridization and the genetic basis of …

Speciation is a fundamental evolutionary process, the knowledge of which is crucial for
understanding the origins of biodiversity. Genomic approaches are an increasingly …

Motivation: Restriction-site–associated genomic markers are a powerful tool for investigating
evolutionary questions at the population level, but are limited in their utility at deeper …

High-throughput sequencing technologies are revolutionizing the life sciences. The past 12
months have seen a burst of genome sequences from non-model organisms, in each case …

The fields of ecological and conservation genetics have developed greatly in recent
decades through the use of molecular markers to investigate organisms in their natural …