There is a growing appreciation that chromosome inversions affect rates of adaptation,
speciation, and the evolution of sex chromosomes. Comparative genomic studies have …

Understanding phylogenetic relationships among taxa is key to designing and implementing
comparative analyses. The genus Drosophila, which contains over 1600 species, is one of …

Although it is widely believed that early vertebrate evolution was shaped by ancient whole-
genome duplications, the number, timing and mechanism of these events remain elusive …

Comparative analysis of multiple genomes in a phylogenetic framework dramatically
improves the precision and sensitivity of evolutionary inference, producing more robust …

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We report the 207-Mb genome sequence of the North American Arabidopsis lyrata strain
MN47 based on 8.3× dideoxy sequence coverage. We predict 32,670 genes in this …

Inversions are structural mutations that reverse the sequence of a chromosome segment
and reduce the effective rate of recombination in the heterozygous state. They play a major …

Molecular evolution offers an insightful theory to interpret the genomic consequences of
thermal adaptation to previous events of climate change beyond range shifts. However …

The coexistence of discrete morphs that differ in multiple traits is common within natural
populations of many taxa. Such morphs are often associated with chromosomal inversions …

The wild species of the genus Oryza contain a largely untapped reservoir of agronomically
important genes for rice improvement. Here we report the 261-Mb de novo assembled …