Between the Cape Fold Mountains and the deep blue sea: Comparative phylogeography of selected codistributed ectotherms reveals asynchronous cladogenesis

AM Myburgh, SR Daniels - Evolutionary Applications, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We compare the phylogeographic structure of 13 codistributed ectotherms including four
reptiles (a snake, a legless skink and two tortoise species) and nine invertebrates (six …

One species hides many: Molecular and morphological evidence for cryptic speciation in a thread snake (Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops sylvicolus Broadley & …

T Busschau, W Conradie… - Journal of Zoological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the phylogeographic structure of a fossorial forest‐living snake species, the
forest thread snake, Leptotyphlopssylvicolus Broadley & Wallach, 1997 by sampling …

When one phenotype is not enough: divergent evolutionary trajectories govern venom variation in a widespread rattlesnake species

G Zancolli, JJ Calvete, MD Cardwell… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Understanding the origin and maintenance of phenotypic variation, particularly across a
continuous spatial distribution, represents a key challenge in evolutionary biology. For this …

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 …

Environmental heterogeneity and not vicariant biogeographic barriers generate community‐wide population structure in desert‐adapted snakes

EA Myers, AT Xue, M Gehara, CL Cox… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic structure can be influenced by local adaptation to environmental heterogeneity and
biogeographic barriers, resulting in discrete population clusters. Geographic distance …

The biogeography of deep time phylogenetic reticulation

FT Burbrink, M Gehara - Systematic biology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Most phylogenies are typically represented as purely bifurcating. However, as genomic data
have become more common in phylogenetic studies, it is not unusual to find reticulation …

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

EA Myers, RM Rautsaw, M Borja, J Jones… - Systematic …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
La filogenómica nos permite descubrir la señal histórica de los procesos evolutivos a través
del tiempo y estimar redes filogenéticas tomando en cuenta estas señales. El conocimiento …

Isolation with asymmetric gene flow during the nonsynchronous divergence of dry forest birds

JA Oswald, I Overcast, WM Mauck III… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Dry forest bird communities in South America are often fragmented by intervening mountains
and rainforests, generating high local endemism. The historical assembly of dry forest …

Allopatric divergence and secondary contact with gene flow: a recurring theme in rattlesnake speciation

DR Schield, BW Perry, RH Adams… - Biological Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The study of recently diverged lineages whose geographical ranges come into contact can
provide insight into the early stages of speciation and the potential roles of reproductive …

Venom variation in Bothrops asper lineages from north-western South America

D Mora-Obando, D Salazar-Valenzuela, D Pla… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bothrops asper is a venomous pitviper that is widely distributed and of clinical importance in
Mesoamerica and northern South America, where it is responsible for 50–80% of all …