Mechanisms of intrinsic postzygotic isolation: from traditional genic and chromosomal views to genomic and epigenetic perspectives

R Reifová, SL Ament-Velásquez… - Cold Spring …, 2023‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Intrinsic postzygotic isolation typically appears as reduced viability or fertility of interspecific
hybrids caused by genetic incompatibilities between diverged parental genomes …

The evolutionary outcomes of climate-change-induced hybridization in insect populations

LR Arce-Valdés, RA Sánchez-Guillén - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•There is an increase in climate-induced hybridization among
insects.•Introgression seems to be the most common hybridization outcome in insects.•Long …

Notes from the taxonomic disaster zone: Evolutionary drivers of intractable species boundaries in an Australian lizard clade (Scincidae: Ctenotus)

I Prates, MN Hutchinson, S Singhal, C Moritz… - Molecular …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Genomic‐scale datasets, sophisticated analytical techniques, and conceptual advances
have disproportionately failed to resolve species boundaries in some groups relative to …

Understanding species boundaries that arise from complex histories: Gene flow across the speciation continuum in the spotted whiptail lizards

AJ Barley, A Nieto-Montes de Oca… - Systematic …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Gene flow between diverging lineages challenges the resolution of species boundaries and
the understanding of evolutionary history in recent radiations. Here, we integrate …

Phylogenomics of Psammodynastes and Buhoma (Elapoidea: Serpentes), with the description of a new Asian snake family

S Das, E Greenbaum, J Brecko, OSG Pauwels… - Scientific Reports, 2024‏ - nature.com
Asian mock vipers of the genus Psammodynastes and African forest snakes of the genus
Buhoma are two genera belonging to the snake superfamily Elapoidea. The phylogenetic …

Interspecific gene flow obscures phylogenetic relationships in an important insect pest species complex

M San Jose, C Doorenweerd, S Geib, N Barr… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
As genomic data proliferates, the prevalence of post-speciation gene flow is making species
boundaries and relationships increasingly ambiguous. Although current approaches …

Post-meiotic mechanism of facultative parthenogenesis in gonochoristic whiptail lizard species

DV Ho, D Tormey, A Odell, AA Newton, RR Schnittker… - Elife, 2024‏ - elifesciences.org
Facultative parthenogenesis (FP) has historically been regarded as rare in vertebrates, but
in recent years incidences have been reported in a growing list of fish, reptile, and bird …

Hybrid zone or hybrid lineage: a genomic reevaluation of Sibley's classic species conundrum in Pipilo towhees

DA DeRaad, EE Applewhite, WLE Tsai, RS Terrill… - …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Hybrid zones can be studied by modeling clines of trait variation (eg, morphology, genetics)
over a linear transect. Yet, hybrid zones can also be spatially complex, can shift over time …

Interspecific behavioural interference and range dynamics: current insights and future directions

CW Patterson, JP Drury - Biological Reviews, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Novel biotic interactions in shifting communities play a key role in determining the ability of
species' ranges to track suitable habitat. To date, the impact of biotic interactions on range …

Natural repeated backcrosses lead to triploidy and tetraploidy in parthenogenetic butterfly lizards (Leiolepis: Agamidae)

E Galoyan, R Nazarov, M Altmanová, S Matveevsky… - Scientific Reports, 2025‏ - nature.com
Obligatory parthenogenesis in vertebrates is restricted to squamate reptiles and evolved
through hybridisation. Parthenogens can hybridise with sexual species, resulting in …