Genetic Speciation

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • At the beginning of speciation. 
  • Boechera, a model system for ecological genomics. 
  • Comment on "Evolutionary paths underlying flower color variation in Antirrhinum". 
  • Complex trait divergence contributes to environmental niche differentiation in ecological speciation of Boechera stricta. 
  • Concatenation and concordance in the reconstruction of mouse lemur phylogeny: an empirical demonstration of the effect of allele sampling in phylogenetics. 
  • Delimiting species without nuclear monophyly in Madagascar's mouse lemurs. 
  • Dissecting the role of a large chromosomal inversion in life history divergence throughout the Mimulus guttatus species complex. 
  • Does evolutionary theory need a rethink? 
  • Ecological reproductive isolation of coast and inland races of Mimulus guttatus. 
  • Evolutionary genetics: jumping into a new species. 
  • Functional organization of the genome may shape the species boundary in the house mouse. 
  • Gene conversion and linkage: effects on genome evolution and speciation. 
  • Gene flow, divergent selection and resistance to introgression in two species of morning glories (Ipomoea). 
  • Genetic and genomic evolution of sexual reproduction: echoes from LECA to the fungal kingdom. 
  • Genetic isolation between two recently diverged populations of a symbiotic fungus. 
  • Genetic structure and genealogy in the Sphagnum subsecundum complex (Sphagnaceae: Bryophyta). 
  • Genetic structure in a dynamic baboon hybrid zone corroborates behavioural observations in a hybrid population. 
  • Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. I. Male courtship song, mating success, and genotype x environment interactions. 
  • Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis. III. Life-history divergence in allopatry and reproductive isolation. 
  • Genetics of incipient speciation in Drosophila mojavensis: II. Host plants and mating status influence cuticular hydrocarbon QTL expression and G x E interactions. 
  • Genetics. Origin of species in overdrive. 
  • Genome-wide architecture of reproductive isolation in a naturally occurring hybrid zone between Mus musculus musculus and M. m. domesticus. 
  • Genomic impacts of chromosomal inversions in parapatric Drosophila species. 
  • Geographical variation in postzygotic isolation and its genetic basis within and between two Mimulus species. 
  • Identification of two genes causing reinforcement in the Texas wildflower Phlox drummondii. 
  • Incongruence between genetic and morphological diversity in Microcebus griseorufus of Beza Mahafaly. 
  • Increased diversification rates follow shifts to bisexuality in liverworts. 
  • Interpreting the genomic landscape of speciation: a road map for finding barriers to gene flow. 
  • Islands of speciation or mirages in the desert? Examining the role of restricted recombination in maintaining species. 
  • Likelihoods from summary statistics: recent divergence between species. 
  • Loss of sexual recombination and segregation is associated with increased diversification in evening primroses. 
  • Mapping of within-species segregation distortion in Drosophila persimilis and hybrid sterility between D. persimilis and D. pseudoobscura. 
  • Molecular insights into the phylogeny and subgeneric classification of Frullania Raddi (Frullaniaceae, Porellales). 
  • Morphological and genetic differentiation and reproductive isolation among closely related taxa in the Ipomoea series Batatas. 
  • Multilocus coalescent analyses reveal the demographic history and speciation patterns of mouse lemur sister species. 
  • Multiple colonisations of the western Indian Ocean by Pteropus fruit bats (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae): the furthest islands were colonised first. 
  • Muscle trade-offs in a power-amplified prey capture system. 
  • Natural hybridization between genera that diverged from each other approximately 60 million years ago. 
  • One species or at least eight? Delimitation and distribution of Frullania tamarisci (L.) Dumort. s. l. (Jungermanniopsida, Porellales) inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA markers. 
  • Origins of eukaryotic sexual reproduction. 
  • Parasites and the evolutionary diversification of primate clades. 
  • Patterns and mechanisms of genetic and phenotypic differentiation in marine microbes. 
  • Phylogeny and biogeography of East Asian evergreen oaks (Quercus section Cyclobalanopsis; Fagaceae): Insights into the Cenozoic history of evergreen broad-leaved forests in subtropical Asia. 
  • Phylogeny and biogeography of the American live oaks (Quercus subsection Virentes): a genomic and population genetics approach. 
  • Phylogeny and evolution of Malagasy plated lizards. 
  • Phylogeny of the leafy liverwort Ptilidium: cryptic speciation and shared haplotypes between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. 
  • Phylogeography's past, present, and future: 10 years after Avise, 2000. 
  • Plant speciation. 
  • Pollinator-mediated selection on flower color allele drives reinforcement. 
  • Population-genomic inference of the strength and timing of selection against gene flow. 
  • Primate extinction risk and historical patterns of speciation and extinction in relation to body mass. 
  • Rapid changes in the gut microbiome during human evolution. 
  • Recent divergence, intercontinental dispersal and shared polymorphism are shaping the genetic structure of amphi-Atlantic peatmoss populations. 
  • Reconciling extreme branch length differences: decoupling time and rate through the evolutionary history of filmy ferns. 
  • Resource partitioning and sympatric differentiation among closely related bacterioplankton. 
  • Review. The strength and genetic basis of reproductive isolating barriers in flowering plants. 
  • Spatial Genetic Structure of the Abundant and Widespread Peatmoss Sphagnum magellanicum Brid. 
  • Speciation genetics: evolving approaches. 
  • Speciation on a local geographic scale: the evolution of a rare rock outcrop specialist in Mimulus. 
  • Species delimitation in lemurs: multiple genetic loci reveal low levels of species diversity in the genus Cheirogaleus. 
  • Species discovery and validation in a cryptic radiation of endangered primates: coalescent-based species delimitation in Madagascar's mouse lemurs. 
  • Sympatric parallel diversification of major oak clades in the Americas and the origins of Mexican species diversity. 
  • Sympatric speciation of spiny mice, Acomys, unfolded transcriptomically at Evolution Canyon, Israel. 
  • The genomics of speciation in Drosophila: diversity, divergence, and introgression estimated using low-coverage genome sequencing. 
  • The narrow endemic Norwegian peat moss Sphagnum troendelagicum originated before the last glacial maximum. 
  • The role of meiotic drive in hybrid male sterility. 
  • Transcriptome, genetic editing, and microRNA divergence substantiate sympatric speciation of blind mole rat, Spalax. 
  • What can patterns of differentiation across plant genomes tell us about adaptation and speciation? 
  • Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Mitchell-Olds, Thomas, Newman Ivey White Distinguished Professor of Biology, Biology
  • Noor, Mohamed A. F., Professor of Biology, Duke Science & Society
  • Yoder, Anne Daphne, Braxton Craven Distinguished Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Duke University