A roadmap for understanding the evolutionary significance of structural genomic variation

C Mérot, RA Oomen, A Tigano… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
Structural genomic variants (SVs) are ubiquitous and play a major role in adaptation and
speciation. Yet, comparative and population genomics have focused predominantly on gene …

The genomics of adaptation in birds

L Campagna, DPL Toews - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Organismal adaptations are the hallmark of natural selection. Studies of adaptations in avian
systems have been central to key conceptual and empirical advances in the field of …

Copy number variation introduced by a massive mobile element facilitates global thermal adaptation in a fungal wheat pathogen

SM Tralamazza, E Gluck-Thaler, A Feurtey… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Copy number variation (CNV) can drive rapid evolution in changing environments. In
microbial pathogens, such adaptation is a key factor underpinning epidemics and …

Copy number variants outperform SNPs to reveal genotype–temperature association in a marine species

Y Dorant, H Cayuela, K Wellband, M Laporte… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Copy number variants (CNVs) are a major component of genotypic and phenotypic variation
in genomes. To date, our knowledge of genotypic variation and evolution has largely been …

Consequences of single-locus and tightly linked genomic architectures for evolutionary responses to environmental change

RA Oomen, A Kuparinen, JA Hutchings - Journal of Heredity, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Genetic and genomic architectures of traits under selection are key factors influencing
evolutionary responses. Yet, knowledge of their impacts has been limited by a widespread …

Coevolution of genome architecture and social behavior

DR Rubenstein, JA Ågren, L Carbone, NC Elde… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019 - cell.com
Although social behavior can have a strong genetic component, it can also result in
selection on genome structure and function, thereby influencing the evolution of the genome …

Whole-genome analyses reveal past population fluctuations and low genetic diversities of the North Pacific albatrosses

S Huynh, A Cloutier, G Chen, DTC Chan… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Throughout the Plio-Pleistocene, climate change has impacted tropical marine
ecosystems substantially, with even more severe impacts predicted in the Anthropocene …

Thermal adaptation rather than demographic history drives genetic structure inferred by copy number variants in a marine fish

H Cayuela, Y Dorant, C Mérot, M Laporte… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing evidence shows that structural variants represent an overlooked aspect of
genetic variation with consequential evolutionary roles. Among those, copy number variants …

Behavioural flexibility in an Arctic seabird using two distinct marine habitats to survive the energetic constraints of winter

A Patterson, HG Gilchrist, GJ Robertson, A Hedd… - Movement Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Background Homeothermic marine animals in Polar Regions face an energetic bottleneck in
winter. The challenges of short days and cold temperatures are exacerbated for flying …

Rapid Adaptation to Temperature via a Potential Genomic Island of Divergence in the Invasive Green Crab, Carcinus maenas

CK Tepolt, SR Palumbi - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Widespread species often adapt easily to novel conditions–both those found in new habitats
and those generated by climate change. However, rapid adaptation may be hindered in the …