Although the first ancient DNA molecules were extracted more than three decades ago, the
first ancient nuclear genomes could only be characterized after high-throughput sequencing …

Hybridization, or interbreeding between different taxa, was traditionally considered to be
rare and to have a largely detrimental impact on biodiversity, sometimes leading to the …

Hybridization, defined as breeding between two distinct taxonomic units, can have an
important effect on the evolutionary patterns in cross-breeding taxa. Although interspecific …

The relative importance of introgression for diversification has long been a highly disputed
topic in speciation research and remains an open question despite the great attention it has …

Population-genomic studies can shed new light on the effect of past demographic processes
on contemporary population structure. We reassessed phylogeographical patterns of a …

Most species are extinct, those that are not are often unknown. Sequenced and sampled
species are often a minority of known ones. Past evolutionary events involving horizontal …

The baobab trees (genus Adansonia) have attracted tremendous attention because of their
striking shape and distinctive relationships with fauna. These spectacular trees have also …

Animal domestication is considered a complex and multistage process that altered
behaviorally, morphologically, and physiologically the domesticates relative to their wild …

Bears are fascinating mammals because of their complex pattern of speciation and rapid
evolution of distinct phenotypes. Interspecific hybridization has been common and has …

Evolution is a continuous trial and error process in which most lineages go extinct without
leaving fossil remains. Many of these lineages would be closely related and occasionally …