Sexual selection drives asymmetric introgression in wall lizards

GM While, S Michaelides, RJP Heathcote… - Ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridisation is increasingly recognised as an important cause of diversification and
adaptation. Here, we show how divergence in male secondary sexual characters between …

Include the females: morphology–performance relationships vary between sexes in lizards

A Head, PL Vaughn, EH Livingston… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
An animal's morphology influences its ability to perform essential tasks, such as locomoting
to obtain prey or escape predators. While morphology–performance relationships are well …

Lizards and the enzootic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

TA Nowak, RL Burke, MA Diuk‐Wasser… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging and re‐emerging pathogens often stem from zoonotic origins, cycling between
humans and animals, and are frequently vectored and maintained by hematophagous …

Spatial variation in gene flow across a hybrid zone reveals causes of reproductive isolation and asymmetric introgression in wall lizards

W Yang, N Feiner, H Laakkonen, R Sacchi, MAL Zuffi… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Hybrid zones provide insights into the evolution of reproductive isolation. Sexual selection
can contribute to the evolution of reproductive barriers, but it remains poorly understood how …

Lizards at the peak: Physiological plasticity does not maintain performance in lizards transplanted to high altitude

EJ Gangloff, M Sorlin, GA Cordero… - Physiological and …, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
Warming climates are facilitating the range expansion of many taxa to habitats that were
formerly thermally inhospitable, including to higher latitudes and elevations. The potential for …

Thermal–metabolic phenotypes of the lizard Podarcis muralis differ across elevation, but converge in high-elevation hypoxia

BL Bodensteiner, EJ Gangloff… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
In response to a warming climate, many montane species are shifting upslope to track the
emergence of preferred temperatures. Characterizing patterns of variation in metabolic …

Experimental contact zones reveal causes and targets of sexual selection in hybridizing lizards

HEA MacGregor, GM While, J Barrett… - Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Divergence in sexually selected traits in allopatry should affect the degree and direction of
hybridization. However, few studies have established the causes and targets of sexual …

Phylogeographic evidence for multiple long-distance introductions of the common wall lizard associated with human trade and transport

JL Santos, A Žagar, K Drašler, C Rato, C Ayres… - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2019 - brill.com
The common wall lizard has been widely introduced across Europe and overseas. We
investigated the origin of putatively introduced Podarcis muralis populations from two …

Male behaviour drives assortative reproduction during the initial stage of secondary contact

RJP Heathcote, GM While… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Phenotypic divergence in allopatry can facilitate speciation by reducing the likelihood that
individuals of different lineages hybridize during secondary contact. However, few studies …

Physiological phenotypes differ among color morphs in introduced common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis)

A Amer, S Spears, PL Vaughn, C Colwell… - Integrative …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many species exhibit color polymorphisms which have distinct physiological and behavioral
characteristics. However, the consistency of morph trait covariation patterns across species …