(Adaptive) radiations have attracted evolutionary biologists for a long time as ideal model
systems to study patterns and processes of often rapid speciation. However, whereas a …

Considerable research exists on the life history traits, evolutionary history, and
environmental factors that shape the population genetic structure of marine organisms …

We provide our perspective on the species-level taxonomy of notothenioid fishes, the
dominant component of the fish fauna of Antarctica. There are 140 species in 45 genera, an …

The 'species' is a key concept for conservation and evolutionary biology, yet the lines
between population and species-level variation are often blurred, especially for corals. The …

The adoption of parental care behaviours is the distinctive reproductive characteristic
associated with the diversification and divergence of notothenioid fishes into an array of …

Notothenioid fishes, a perciform group, radiated in the cold shelf waters around the Antarctic
continent and the 110 species dominate fish diversity, abundance, and biomass at levels …

Aim The long history of isolation of the Antarctic continent, coupled with the harsh ecological
conditions of freezing temperatures, could affect the patterns of genetic diversity in the …

The family Carcharhinidae includes the most typical and recognizable sharks, although its
internal classification is the subject of extensive debate. In particular, the type genus …

Background Vision is a crucial sense for the evolutionary success of many animal groups.
Here we explore the diversity of visual pigments (opsins) in the transcriptomes of amphipods …

In the absence of any prior comprehensive analysis, I evaluate divergence along the biotope
axis in the habitat stage of the evolutionary radiation of Antarctic cryonotothenioids. I utilize …