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Molecular ecology studies of species radiations: current research gaps, opportunities and challenges

la Harpe, Marylaure de ; Paris, Margot ; Karger, Dirk N. ; Rolland, Jonathan ; Kessler, Michael ; Salamin, Nicolas ; Lexer, Christian

In: Molecular Ecology, 2017, p. -

Understanding the drivers and limits of species radiations is a crucial goal of evolutionary genetics and molecular ecology, yet research on this topic has been hampered by the notorious difficulty of connecting micro- and macroevolutionary approaches to studying the drivers of diversification. To chart the current research gaps, opportunities and challenges of molecular ecology approaches to...

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Adaptive evolution and segregating load contribute to the genomic landscape of divergence in two tree species connected by episodic gene flow

Christe, Camille ; Stölting, Kai N. ; Paris, Margot ; Fraїsse, Christelle ; Bierne, Nicolas ; Lexer, Christian

In: Molecular Ecology, 2017, vol. 26, no. 1, p. 59–76

Speciation often involves repeated episodes of genetic contact between divergent populations before reproductive isolation (RI) is complete. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) holds great promise for unravelling the genomic bases of speciation. We have studied two ecologically divergent, hybridizing species of the ‘model tree’ genus Populus (poplars, aspens, cottonwoods), Populus alba and P....

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Selection against recombinant hybrids maintains reproductive isolation in hybridizing Populus species despite F1 fertility and recurrent gene flow

Christe, Camille ; Stölting, Kai N. ; Bresadola, Luisa ; Fussi, Barbara ; Heinze, Berthold ; Wegmann, Daniel ; Lexer, Christian

In: Molecular Ecology, 2016, p. -

Natural hybrid zones have proven to be precious tools for understanding the origin and maintenance of reproductive isolation (RI) and therefore species. Most available genomic studies of hybrid zones using whole or partial genome resequencing approaches have focused on comparisons of the parental source populations involved in genome admixture, rather than exploring fine-scale patterns of...

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Effects of a Fire Response Trait on Diversification in Replicated Radiations

Litsios, Glenn ; Wüest, Rafael O. ; Kostikova, Anna ; Forest, Félix ; Lexer, Christian ; Linder, H. Peter ; Pearman, Peter B. ; Zimmermann, Niklaus E. ; Salamin, Nicolas

In: Evolution, 2013, p. -

Fire has been proposed as a factor explaining the exceptional plant species richness found in Mediterranean regions. A fire response trait that allows plants to cope with frequent fire by either reseeding or resprouting could differentially affect rates of species diversification. However, little is known about the generality of the effects of differing fire response on species evolution. We...

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Ecological and genetic factors influencing the transition between host-use strategies in sympatric Heliconius butterflies

Merrill, R. M. ; Naisbit, Russell E. ; Mallet, J. ; Jiggins, Chris D.

In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2013, vol. 26, no. 9, p. 1959–1967

Shifts in host-plant use by phytophagous insects have played a central role in their diversification. Evolving host-use strategies will reflect a trade-off between selection pressures. The ecological niche of herbivorous insects is partitioned along several dimensions, and if populations remain in contact, recombination will break down associations between relevant loci. As such, genetic...

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Components of reproductive isolation between Orchis mascula and Orchis pauciflora

Scopece, Giovanni ; Croce, Antonio ; Lexer, Christian ; Cozzolino, Salvatore

In: Evolution, 2013, vol. 67, no. 7, p. 2083–2093

Studies of the strength and nature of reproductive isolation (RI) between species can greatly contribute to our understanding of speciation. Although the role of RI in speciation is well recognized, there is a dearth of information on the contributions of different barriers between related plant species. Here, we estimated multiple components of RI between two Mediterranean orchid sister species...

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‘Next generation’ biogeography: towards understanding the drivers of species diversification and persistence

Lexer, Christian ; Mangili, Sofia ; Bossolini, Eligio ; Forest, Felix ; Stölting, Kai N. ; Pearman, Peter B. ; Zimmermann, Niklaus E. ; Salamin, Nicolas

In: Journal of Biogeography, 2013, p. -

The drivers of species diversification and persistence are of great interest to current biogeography, especially in those global biodiversity ‘hotspots’ harbouring most of Earth's animal and plant life. Classical multispecies biogeographical work has yielded fascinating insights into broad-scale patterns of diversification, and DNA-based intraspecific phylogeographical studies have started to...

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Recombinant hybrids retain heterozygosity at many loci: new insights into the genomics of reproductive isolation in Populus

Lindtke, Dorothea ; Buerkle, C. Alex ; Barbará, Thelma ; Heinze, Berthold ; Castiglione, Stefano ; Bartha, Denes ; Lexer, Christian

In: Molecular Ecology, 2012, p. -

The maintenance of species barriers in the face of gene flow is often thought to result from strong selection against intermediate genotypes, thereby preserving genetic differentiation. Most speciation genomic studies thus aim to identify exceptionally divergent loci between populations, but divergence will be affected by many processes other than reproductive isolation (RI) and speciation....

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How sympatric is speciation in the Howea palms of Lord Howe Island?

Babik, Wiesław ; Butlin, Roger K. ; Baker, William J. ; Papadopulos, Alexander S. T. ; Boulesteix, Matthieu ; Anstett, Marie-Charlotte ; Lexer, Christian ; Hutton, Ian ; Savolainen, Vincent

In: Molecular Ecology, 2009, vol. 18, no. 7, p. 3629 - 3638

The two species of the palm genus Howea (Arecaceae) from Lord Howe Island, a minute volcanic island in the Tasman Sea, are now regarded as one of the most compelling examples of sympatric speciation, although this view is still disputed by some authors. Population genetic and ecological data are necessary to provide a more coherent and comprehensive understanding of this emerging model system....