The genomic processes of biological invasions: From invasive species to cancer metastases and back again

F Neinavaie, A Ibrahim-Hashim, AM Kramer… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The concept of invasion is useful across a broad range of contexts, spanning from the fine
scale landscape of cancer tumors up to the broader landscape of ecosystems. Invasion …

Influence of hydrofluoric acid leaching and roasting on mineralogical phase transformation of pyrite in sulfidic mine tailings

B Koohestani, AK Darban, P Mokhtari, E Darezereshki… - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Under the oxidative roasting process, pyrite, as a major mineral in sulfidic mine tailings, can
transform to iron oxides. Generated iron oxides, if exhibiting enough magnetic properties …

Spatial variation in gene flow across a hybrid zone reveals causes of reproductive isolation and asymmetric introgression in wall lizards

W Yang, N Feiner, H Laakkonen, R Sacchi, MAL Zuffi… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Hybrid zones provide insights into the evolution of reproductive isolation. Sexual selection
can contribute to the evolution of reproductive barriers, but it remains poorly understood how …

Limited movement of an avian hybrid zone in relation to regional variation in magnitude of climate change

A Alexander, MB Robbins, J Holmes… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Studies of natural hybrid zones can provide documentation of range shifts in response to
climate change and identify loci important to reproductive isolation. Using a temporal (36–38 …

Geographic variability of hybridization between red-breasted and red-naped sapsuckers

L Natola, SM Billerman, MD Carling, SS Seneviratne… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Hybrid zones reveal the strength of reproductive isolation between populations undergoing
speciation and are a key tool in evolutionary biology research. Multiple replicate transects …

Taxonomic assessment and distribution of common toads (Bufo bufo and B. verrucosissimus) in Turkey based on morphological and molecular data

N Özdemir, C Dursun, N Üzüm, B Kutrup, S Gül - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2020 - brill.com
The Bufo bufo species group includes four species distributed in the western Palearctic: B.
bufo, B. eichwaldii, B. spinosus and B. verrucosissimus. Both B. bufo and B. verrucosissimus …

A narrow window for geographic cline analysis using genomic data: Effects of age, drift, and migration on error rates

GI Jofre, GG Rosenthal - Molecular Ecology Resources, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The use of genomic and phenotypic data to scan for outliers is a mainstay for studies of
hybridization and speciation. Geographic cline analysis of natural hybrid zones is widely …

Reproductive isolation among Sphyrapicus sapsuckers

E Natola - 2022 - open.library.ubc.ca
The question “How and why do species split?” is the central motivation for this dissertation.
Evolutionary biologists have long attributed this speciation process to barriers that interrupt …