Evaluating testosterone as a phenotypic integrator: from tissues to individuals to species

SE Lipshutz, EM George, AB Bentz… - Molecular and cellular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Testosterone (T) is thought to integrate phenotypes that work well
together.•However, it is not clear how such integration is generated within the organism.•T …

A simple dynamic model explains the diversity of island birds worldwide

L Valente, AB Phillimore, M Melo, BH Warren… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Colonization, speciation and extinction are dynamic processes that influence global patterns
of species richness,,,,–. Island biogeography theory predicts that the contribution of these …

Fifty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds

RT Chesser, KJ Burns, C Cicero… - The Auk …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Turdus pilaris, and T. iliacus) are changed for the same reason;(3) four species (Eugenes
spectabilis, Loxia sinesciuris, Melozone cabanisi, and Junco bairdi) are added to the main …

[HTML][HTML] Sequential colonization of oceanic archipelagos led to a species-level radiation in the common chaffinch complex (Aves: Fringilla coelebs)

M Recuerda, JC Illera, G Blanco, R Zardoya… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Oceanic archipelagos are excellent systems for studying speciation, yet inference of
evolutionary process requires that the colonization history of island organisms be known …

Differential gene regulation underlies variation in melanic plumage coloration in the dark‐eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)

M Abolins‐Abols, E Kornobis, P Ribeca… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Colour plays a prominent role in species recognition; therefore, understanding the proximate
basis of pigmentation can provide insight into reproductive isolation and speciation. Colour …

Tempo and timing of ecological trait divergence in bird speciation

JP McEntee, JA Tobias, C Sheard… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Organismal traits may evolve either gradually or in rapid pulses, but the relative importance
of these modes in the generation of species differences is unclear. Additionally, while pulsed …

Females as the gatekeepers to seasonal breeding: what we can learn by studying reproductive mechanisms in both sexes

AA Kimmitt - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Seasonal reproduction is a widespread adaptation in vertebrates, such that individuals time
their reproductive efforts to match peak resource abundance. Individuals rely on …

Genetic evidence for widespread population size expansion in North American boreal birds prior to the Last Glacial Maximum

AA Kimmitt, TM Pegan, AW Jones… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Pleistocene climate cycles are well documented to have shaped contemporary species
distributions and genetic diversity. Northward range expansions in response to deglaciation …

Sedentary songbirds maintain higher prevalence of haemosporidian parasite infections than migratory conspecifics during seasonal sympatry

SP Slowinski, AM Fudickar, AM Hughes, RD Mettler… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Long-distance migrations influence the physiology, behavior, and fitness of migratory
animals throughout their annual cycles, and fundamentally alter their interactions with …

Genome‐wide signals of drift and local adaptation during rapid lineage divergence in a songbird

G Friis, G Fandos, AJ Zellmer, JE McCormack… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of independent evolutionary lineages involves neutral and selective factors,
and understanding their relative roles in population divergence is a fundamental goal of …