[HTML][HTML] Chemical insights into oxidative and nitrative modifications of DNA

CMC Andrés, JMP Lastra, CA Juan, FJ Plou… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
This review focuses on DNA damage caused by a variety of oxidizing, alkylating, and
nitrating species, and it may play an important role in the pathophysiology of inflammation …

Coupling of barriers to gene exchange: causes and consequences

EB Dopman, KL Shaw, MR Servedio… - Cold Spring …, 2024‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Coupling has emerged as a concept to describe the transition from differentiated
populations to newly evolved species through the strengthening of reproductive isolation …

Rapid vertebrate speciation via isolation, bottlenecks, and drift

AN Black, EJ Heenkenda, S Mathur… - Proceedings of the …, 2024‏ - pnas.org
Speciation is often driven by selective processes like those associated with viability, mate
choice, or local adaptation, and “speciation genes” have been identified in many eukaryotic …

How important is sexual isolation to speciation?

KL Shaw, CR Cooney… - Cold Spring …, 2024‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
A central role for sexual isolation in the formation of new species and establishment of
species boundaries has been noticed since Darwin and is frequently emphasized in the …

Parasite escape mechanisms drive morphological diversification in avian lice

S Kolencik, EL Stanley, A Punnath… - … of the Royal …, 2024‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Organisms that have repeatedly evolved similar morphologies owing to the same selective
pressures provide excellent cases in which to examine specific morphological changes and …

Multidimensional divergent selection, local adaptation, and speciation

NJ White, RK Butlin - Evolution, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Divergent selection applied to one or more traits drives local adaptation and may lead to
ecological speciation. Divergent selection on many traits might be termed “multidimensional” …

Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites

BM Boyd, NP Nguyen, JM Allen… - … of the Royal …, 2022‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Adaptive radiation is an important mechanism of organismal diversification and can be
triggered by new ecological opportunities. Although poorly studied in this regard, parasites …

The taxonomic status of Artemia monica Verrill, 1869 (Crustacea: Anostraca)

A Asem, G Gajardo, DC Rogers… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Species are fundamental units of nature that need proper identification in order to assess
and conserve biodiversity. Artemia is a model crustacean for population analysis and …

[PDF][PDF] Integrating fundamental processes to understand eco-evolutionary community dynamics and patterns

L Govaert, F Altermatt, L De Meester… - Functional …, 2021‏ - lirias.kuleuven.be
Recent studies demonstrate that ecological and evolutionary processes can occur over
similar temporal and spatial scales and might thus frequently interact. Although concepts …

Biogeographic history of pigeons and doves drives the origin and diversification of their parasitic body lice

AD Sweet, J Doña, KP Johnson - Systematic Biology, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Despite their extensive diversity and ecological importance, the history of diversification for
most groups of parasitic organisms remains relatively understudied. Elucidating broad …