The syngameon enigma

R Buck, L Flores-Rentería - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite their evolutionary relevance, multispecies networks or syngameons are rarely
reported in the literature. Discovering how syngameons form and how they are maintained …

River network rearrangements promote speciation in lowland Amazonian birds

LJ Musher, M Giakoumis, J Albert, G Del-Rio… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Large Amazonian rivers impede dispersal for many species, but lowland river networks
frequently rearrange, thereby altering the location and effectiveness of river barriers through …

Mitonuclear discordance results from incomplete lineage sorting, with no detectable evidence for gene flow, in a rapid radiation of Todiramphus kingfishers

DA DeRaad, JM McCullough, LH DeCicco… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many organisms possess multiple discrete genomes (ie nuclear and organellar), which are
inherited separately and may have unique and even conflicting evolutionary histories …

Genetic admixture drives climate adaptation in the bank vole

M Horníková, HC Lanier, S Marková… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Genetic admixture introduces new variants at relatively high frequencies, potentially aiding
rapid responses to environmental changes. Here, we evaluate its role in adaptive variation …

The role of rivers in the origin and future of Amazonian biodiversity

CC Ribas, AO Sawakuchi, RP de Almeida… - Nature Reviews …, 2025 - nature.com
The rich biodiversity of Amazonia is shaped geographically and ecologically by its rivers and
their cycles of seasonal flooding. Anthropogenic effects, such as deforestation, infrastructure …

Geogenomic Predictors of Genetree Heterogeneity Explain Phylogeographic and Introgression History: A Case Study in an Amazonian Bird (Thamnophilus aethiops)

LJ Musher, G Del-Rio, RS Marcondes… - Systematic …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Can knowledge about genome architecture inform biogeographic and phylogenetic
inference? Selection, drift, recombination, and gene flow interact to produce a genomic …

Replicate contact zones suggest a limited role of plumage in reproductive isolation among subspecies of the variable seedeater (Sporophila corvina)

D Ocampo, K Winker, MJ Miller, L Sandoval… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
After establishing secondary contact, recently diverged populations may remain
reproductively isolated or may hybridize to a varying extent depending on factors such as …

Evolutionary and ecological processes underlying geographic variation in innate bird songs

M Maldonado-Coelho, SS Dos Santos… - The American …, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Ecological and evolutionary processes underlying spatial variation in signals involved in
mate recognition and reproductive isolation are crucial to understanding the causes of …

Genomic architecture predicts tree topology, population structuring, and demographic history in Amazonian birds

G Thom, LR Moreira, R Batista… - Genome biology and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Geographic barriers are frequently invoked to explain genetic structuring across the
landscape. However, inferences on the spatial and temporal origins of population variation …

Whole snake genomes from eighteen families of snakes (Serpentes: Caenophidia) and their applications to systematics

JR Roberts, JM Bernstein, CC Austin, T Hains… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We present genome assemblies for 18 snake species representing 18 families (Serpentes:
Caenophidia): Acrochordus granulatus, Aparallactus werneri, Boaedon fuliginosus …