Cultural traditions and the evolution of reproductive isolation: ecological speciation in killer whales?

R Riesch, LG Barrett-Lennard, GM Ellis… - Biological Journal of …, 2012‏ - academic.oup.com
Human evolution has clearly been shaped by gene–culture interactions, and there is
growing evidence that similar processes also act on populations of non-human animals …

Killer whale ecotypes: is there a global model?

PJN de Bruyn, CA Tosh, A Terauds - Biological Reviews, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Killer whales, Orcinus orca, are top predators occupying key ecological roles in a variety of
ecosystems and are one of the most widely distributed mammals on the planet. In …

Mitochondrial genomes reveal the global phylogeography and dispersal routes of the migratory locust

C Ma, P Yang, F Jiang, MP CHAPUIS, Y Shali… - Molecular …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
The migratory locust, Locusta migratoria, is the most widely distributed grasshopper species
in the world. However, its global genetic structure and phylogeographic relationships have …

Positive and purifying selection in mitochondrial genomes of a bird with mitonuclear discordance

HE Morales, A Pavlova, L Joseph… - Molecular …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Diversifying selection on metabolic pathways can reduce intraspecific gene flow and
promote population divergence. An opportunity to explore this arises from mitonuclear …

Experimental Support That Natural Selection Has Shaped the Latitudinal Distribution of Mitochondrial Haplotypes in Australian Drosophila melanogaster

MF Camus, JN Wolff, CM Sgrò… - Molecular Biology and …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
Cellular metabolism is regulated by enzyme complexes within the mitochondrion, the
function of which are sensitive to the prevailing temperature. Such thermal sensitivity …

A First Insight into the Genome of the Filter-Feeder Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

M Murgarella, D Puiu, B Novoa, A Figueras, D Posada… - PloS one, 2016‏ - journals.plos.org
Mussels belong to the phylum Mollusca, one of the largest and most diverse taxa in the
animal kingdom. Despite their importance in aquaculture and in biology in general, genomic …

Mitogenome phylogenetics: the impact of using single regions and partitioning schemes on topology, substitution rate and divergence time estimation

S Duchêne, FI Archer, J Vilstrup, S Caballero… - PloS one, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
The availability of mitochondrial genome sequences is growing as a result of recent
technological advances in molecular biology. In phylogenetic analyses, the complete …

First complete mitochondrial genome of the South American annual fish Austrolebias charrua (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): peculiar features among …

V Gutiérrez, N Rego, H Naya, G García - BMC genomics, 2015‏ - Springer
Abstract Background Among teleosts, the South American genus Austrolebias
(Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) includes 42 taxa of annual fishes divided into five different …

Patterns of natural selection acting on the mitochondrial genome of a locally adapted fish species

S Consuegra, E John, E Verspoor… - Genetics Selection …, 2015‏ - Springer
Abstract Background Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is frequently used in population genetic
studies and is usually considered as a neutral marker. However, given the functional …

Antarctic killer whales make rapid, round-trip movements to subtropical waters: evidence for physiological maintenance migrations?

JW Durban, RL Pitman - Biology letters, 2012‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are important predators in high latitudes, where their ecological
impact is mediated through their movements. We used satellite telemetry to provide the first …