Vertebrate chromosome evolution

J Damas, M Corbo, HA Lewin - Annual Review of Animal …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The study of chromosome evolution is undergoing a resurgence of interest owing to
advances in DNA sequencing technology that facilitate the production of chromosome-scale …

Adaptation of mammals to hypoxia

F Li, Z Qiao, Q Duan, E Nevo - Animal Models and Experimental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen plays a pivotal role in the metabolism and activities of mammals. However, oxygen
is restricted in some environments—subterranean burrow systems or habitats at high …

Complex histories of repeated gene flow in Cameroon crater lake cichlids cast doubt on one of the clearest examples of sympatric speciation

CH Martin, JS Cutler, JP Friel, C Dening Touokong… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
One of the most celebrated examples of sympatric speciation in nature are monophyletic
radiations of cichlid fishes endemic to Cameroon crater lakes. However, phylogenetic …

Models of speciation: where are we now?

S Gavrilets - Journal of heredity, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Theory building is an integral part of biological research, in general, and of speciation
research, in particular. Here, I review the modeling work on speciation done in the last 10 …

Scattered differentiation of unlinked loci across the genome underlines ecological divergence of the selfing grass Brachypodium stacei

W Mu, K Li, Y Yang, A Breiman, S Lou, J Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Ecological divergence without geographic isolation, as an early speciation process that may
lead finally to reproductive isolation through natural selection, remains a captivating topic in …

Multi‐omics analysis reveals the mechanism underlying the edaphic adaptation in wild barley at evolution slope (tabigha)

S Cai, Q Shen, Y Huang, Z Han, D Wu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract At the microsite “Evolution Slope”, Tabigha, Israel, wild barley (Hordeum
spontaneum) populations adapted to dry Terra Rossa soil, and its derivative abutting wild …

Speciation in sympatry with ongoing secondary gene flow and a potential olfactory trigger in a radiation of Cameroon cichlids

JW Poelstra, EJ Richards, CH Martin - Molecular ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The process of sympatric speciation in nature remains a fundamental unsolved problem.
Cameroon crater lake cichlid radiations were long regarded as one of the most compelling …

Sympatric speciation revealed by genome-wide divergence in the blind mole rat Spalax

K Li, W Hong, H Jiao, GD Wang, KA Rodriguez… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - pnas.org
Sympatric speciation (SS), ie, speciation within a freely breeding population or in contiguous
populations, was first proposed by Darwin [Darwin C (1859) On the Origins of Species by …

Review of chromosome races in blind mole rats (Spalax and Nannospalax)

A Arslan, B Kryštufek, F Matur, J Zima - Folia Zoologica, 2016 - BioOne
The blind mole rats (Spalacinae) reveal fascinating chromosomal variation, resulting from
complex karyotype re-arrangements. This variation occurs between species, between …

Habitat and Burrow System Characteristics of the Blind Mole Rat Spalax galili in an Area of Supposed Sympatric Speciation

M Lövy, J Šklíba, E Hrouzková, V Dvořáková, E Nevo… - PLoS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
A costly search for food in subterranean rodents resulted in various adaptations improving
their foraging success under given ecological conditions. In Spalax ehrenbergi …