Contemporary philosophy and methods for studying speciation and delimiting species

FT Burbrink, S Ruane - Ichthyology & Herpetology, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
Species delimitation is a first step for realizing the extent of biodiversity and is relevant for all
downstream applications in biology. The production of large genome-scale datasets for non …

Late Pleistocene landscape changes and habitat specialization as promoters of population genomic divergence in Amazonian floodplain birds

LW Luna, LN Naka, G Thom, LL Knowles… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although vicariant processes are expected to leave similar genomic signatures among
codistributed taxa, ecological traits such as habitat and stratum can influence genetic …

Comparative genomics approach to evolutionary process connectivity

PA Gagnaire - Evolutionary Applications, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of species life history traits and historical demography on contemporary
connectivity is still poorly understood. However, these factors partly determine the …

Phylogenomic discordance is driven by wide-spread introgression and incomplete lineage sorting during rapid species diversification within rattlesnakes (Viperidae …

EA Myers, RM Rautsaw, M Borja, J Jones… - Systematic …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract.—Phylogenomics allows us to uncover the historical signal of evolutionary
processes through time and estimate phylogenetic networks accounting for these signals …

Resolving spatial complexities of hybridization in the context of the gray zone of speciation in North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex)

FT Burbrink, M Gehara, AD McKelvy, EA Myers - Evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Inferring the history of divergence between species in a framework that permits the presence
of gene flow has been crucial for characterizing the “gray zone” of speciation, which is the …

Biogeographic barriers, Pleistocene refugia, and climatic gradients in the southeastern Nearctic drive diversification in cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus complex)

EA Myers, AD McKelvy, FT Burbrink - Molecular Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The southeastern Nearctic is a biodiversity hotspot that is also rich in cryptic species.
Numerous hypotheses (eg, vicariance, local adaptation, and Pleistocene speciation in …

Landscape heterogeneity explains the genetic differentiation of a forest bird across the Sino-Himalayan Mountains

X Jiao, L Wu, D Zhang, H Wang, F Dong… - Molecular Biology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Mountains are the world's most important centers of biodiversity. The Sino-Himalayan
Mountains are global biodiversity hotspot due to their extremely high species richness and …

Genome-Scale Data Reveal Deep Lineage Divergence and a Complex Demographic History in the Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) throughout the …

N Finger, K Farleigh, JT Bracken… - Genome biology and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The southwestern and central United States serve as an ideal region to test alternative
hypotheses regarding biotic diversification. Genomic data can now be combined with …

The phylogenomic and biogeographic history of the gartersnakes, watersnakes, and allies (Natricidae: Thamnophiini)

LP Nuñez, LN Gray, DW Weisrock… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract North American Thamnophiini (gartersnakes, watersnakes, brownsnakes, and
swampsnakes) are an ecologically and phenotypically diverse temperate clade of snakes …

Genome-wide data reveal extensive gene flow during the diversification of the western rattlesnakes (Viperidae: Crotalinae: Crotalus)

EA Myers - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2021 - Elsevier
Hybridization and introgression are important, but often overlooked processes when
inferring phylogenies. When these processes are not accounted for and a strictly diverging …