Harnessing the omics revolution to address the global biodiversity crisis

LF De León, B Silva, KJ Avilés-Rodríguez… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Human disturbances are driving the current biodiversity crisis.•Fundamental
biodiversity challenges include biodiversity discovery, loss, and preservation.•The omics …

Revisiting the role of genetic variation in adaptation

D Agashe, M Sane, S Singhal - The American Naturalist, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Evolutionary biologists have thought about the role of genetic variation during adaptation for
a very long time—before we understood the organization of the genetic code, the …

Piecing the barcoding puzzle of Palearctic water frogs (Pelophylax) sheds light on amphibian biogeography and global invasions

C Dufresnes, B Monod‐Broca, A Bellati… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Palearctic water frogs (genus Pelophylax) are an outstanding model in ecology and
evolution, being widespread, speciose, either threatened or threatening to other species …

Speciation and historical invasions of the Asian black-spined toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)

C Dufresnes, D Jablonski, J Ambu, VK Prasad… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Animal translocations provide striking examples of the human footprint on biodiversity.
Combining continental-wide genomic and DNA-barcoding analyses, we reconstructed the …

On the brink of explosion? Identifying the source and potential spread of introduced Zosterops white-eyes in North America

DA DeRaad, ME Cobos, NR Hofmeister, LH DeCicco… - Biological …, 2024 - Springer
Understanding the source of non-native introduced populations is crucial for forecasting
geographic invasion potential and understanding the ecological consequences of potential …

Genomic investigations of successful invasions: the picture emerging from recent studies

J Kołodziejczyk, A Fijarczyk, I Porth… - Biological …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Invasion biology aims to identify traits and mechanisms that contribute to successful
invasions, while also providing general insights into the mechanisms underlying population …

Whole‐mitogenome analysis unveils previously undescribed genetic diversity in cane toads across their invasion trajectory

K Cheung, TG Amos, R Shine, JL DeVore… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive species offer insights into rapid adaptation to novel environments. The iconic cane
toad (Rhinella marina) is an excellent model for studying rapid adaptation during invasion …

Establishment and occurrence history of three invasive anuran species across the Florida Peninsula

AJ Mularo, JA DeWoody… - Journal of Herpetology, 2023 - meridian.allenpress.com
Invasive species pose serious ecological and economic threats to native biological systems.
The temporal dynamics of invasions are often difficult to characterize but can provide key …

Redescription of the holotype of the cane toad Rana marina Linnaeus, 1758 (Anura: Bufonidae)

A Valencia-Zuleta, KD Milto, NM Maciel - Zootaxa, 2024 - mapress.com
Redescription of the holotype of the cane toad Rana marina Linnaeus, 1758 (Anura: Bufonidae) |
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Spatially limited pathogen pollution in an invasive tick and host system

CE De Jesus, MEA Harman, A Sutton, S Bredin… - Biological …, 2024 - Springer
Expansion of global commerce has facilitated pathogen pollution via the transportation and
translocation of invasive species and their associated parasites and pathogens. In Florida …