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 …

Parallel phenotypic diversification in closely related species is a rigorous framework for
testing the role of natural selection in evolution. Do parallel phenotypes always diversify by …

The origin of biological diversity, via the formation of new species, can be inextricably linked
to adaptation to the ecological environment. Specifically, ecological processes are central to …

The profound differences in gene expression between the sexes are increasingly used to
study the molecular basis of sexual dimorphism, sexual selection and sexual conflict …

During speciation-with-gene-flow, effective migration varies across the genome as a function
of several factors, including proximity of selected loci, recombination rate, strength of …

In contrast to the large amount of ecological information supporting the role of natural
selection as a main cause of population divergence and speciation, an understanding of the …

The accessibility of new genomic resources, high‐throughput molecular technologies and
analytical approaches such as genome scans have made finding genes contributing to …

The view of species as entities subjected to natural selection and amenable to change put
forth by Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace laid the conceptual foundation for understanding …

Ecological speciation is the process by which barriers to gene flow between populations
evolve due to adaptive divergence via natural selection. A relatively unexplored area in …

The genomics revolution has expanded from its origins in molecular biology to impact upon
every discipline in the life sciences, including ecology. Several lines of ecological research …