Speciation, the evolution of reproductive isolation among populations, is continuous,
complex, and involves multiple, interacting barriers. Until it is complete, the effects of this …

High-throughput sequencing technologies are revolutionizing the life sciences. The past 12
months have seen a burst of genome sequences from non-model organisms, in each case …

A primary roadblock to our understanding of speciation is that it usually occurs over a
timeframe that is too long to study from start to finish. The idea of a speciation continuum …

The emerging field of speciation genomics is advancing our understanding of the evolution
of reproductive isolation from the individual gene to a whole-genome perspective. In this …

Unravelling the genomic landscape of divergence between lineages is key to understanding
speciation. The naturally hybridizing collared flycatcher and pied flycatcher are important …

The role of structurally dynamic genomic regions in speciation is poorly understood due to
challenges inherent in diploid genome assembly. Here we reconstructed the evolutionary …

Speciation is a key evolutionary process that is not yet fully understood. Combining
population genomic and ecological data from multiple diverging pairs of marine snails …

The genetic architecture of speciation, ie, how intrinsic genomic incompatibilities promote
reproductive isolation (RI) between diverging lineages, is one of the best-kept secrets of …

Studies of plants have been instrumental for revealing how new species originate. For
several decades, botanical research has complemented and, in some cases, challenged …

Renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant have produced landmark
studies of the Galápagos finches first made famous by Charles Darwin. In How and Why …