Ancient and recent introgression shape the evolutionary history of pollinator adaptation and speciation in a model monkeyflower radiation (Mimulus section …

TC Nelson, AM Stathos, DD Vanderpool… - PLoS …, 2021‏ - journals.plos.org
Inferences about past processes of adaptation and speciation require a gene-scale and
genome-wide understanding of the evolutionary history of diverging taxa. In this study, we …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of hybrid seed inviability in the Mimulus guttatus sp. complex reveal a potential role of parental conflict in reproductive isolation

JM Coughlan, MW Brown, JH Willis - Current Biology, 2020‏ - cell.com
Genomic conflicts may play a central role in the evolution of reproductive barriers. Theory
predicts that early-onset hybrid inviability may stem from conflict between parents for …

Multi-level patterns of genetic structure and isolation by distance in the widespread plant Mimulus guttatus

AD Twyford, ELY Wong, J Friedman - Heredity, 2020‏ - nature.com
An understanding of genetic structure is essential for answering many questions in
population genetics. However, complex population dynamics and scale-dependent …

Regional differences in leaf evolution facilitate photosynthesis following severe drought

HA Branch, DR Moxley, AL Angert - New Phytologist, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Characterizing physiological and anatomical changes that underlie rapid evolution following
climatic perturbation can broaden our understanding of how climate change is affecting …

The central role of taxonomy in the study of neotropical biodiversity1

LP Lagomarsino, LA Frost - Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 2020‏ - BioOne
The Neotropics are the most species-rich area of the planet. Understanding the origin and
maintenance of this diversity is an important goal of ecology and evolutionary biology …

Evolution of multiple postzygotic barriers between species of the Mimulus tilingii complex

GD Sandstedt, CA Wu, AL Sweigart - Evolution, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Species are often defined by their ability to interbreed (ie, Biological Species Concept), but
determining how and why reproductive isolation arises between new species can be …

Weak reproductive isolation and extensive gene flow between Mimulus glaucescens and M. guttatus in northern California

CT Ivey, NM Habecker, JP Bergmann, J Ewald… - …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Barriers to reproduction are often how progress in speciation is measured. Nonetheless, an
unresolved question concerns the extent to which reproductive barriers diminish gene flow …

Model systems in ecology, evolution, and behavior: A call for diversity in our model systems and discipline

MA Duffy, C García-Robledo, SP Gordon… - The American …, 2021‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Ecologists and evolutionary biologists are fascinated by life's variation but also seek to
understand phenomena and mechanisms that apply broadly across taxa. Model systems …

A resurrection study reveals limited evolution of thermal performance in response to recent climate change across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower

R Wooliver, SB Tittes, SN Sheth - Evolution, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Evolutionary rescue can prevent populations from declining under climate change, and
should be more likely at high-latitude,“leading” edges of species' ranges due to greater …

The regulatory network for petal anthocyanin pigmentation is shaped by the MYB5a/NEGAN transcription factor in Mimulus

X Zheng, K Om, KA Stanton, D Thomas, PA Cheng… - Genetics, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Much of the visual diversity of angiosperms is due to the frequent evolution of novel
pigmentation patterns in flowers. The gene network responsible for anthocyanin …