Much of what we know about speciation comes from detailed studies of well‐known model
systems. Although there have been several important syntheses on speciation, few (if any) …

Adaptive radiation plays a fundamental role in our understanding of the evolutionary
process. However, the concept has provoked strong and differing opinions concerning its …

Robust methods by which to generate virtual species are needed urgently in the emerging
field of distributional ecology to evaluate performance of techniques for modeling ecological …

The Heliconius butterflies are one of the classic systems in evolutionary biology and have
contributed hugely to our understanding of evolution over the last 150 years. Their dramatic …

Flight was a key innovation in the adaptive radiation of insects. However, it is a complex trait
influenced by a large number of interacting biotic and abiotic factors, making it difficult to …

Natural selection leaves distinct signatures in the genome that can reveal the targets and
history of adaptive evolution. By analysing high-coverage genome sequence data from 4 …

'Species' are central to understanding the origin and dynamics of biological diversity;
explaining why lineages split into multiple distinct species is one of the main goals of …

Inferring the geographic mode of speciation could help reveal the evolutionary and
ecological mechanisms that underlie the generation of biodiversity. Comparative methods …

Evolutionary theory predicts that positive assortative mating—the tendency of similar
individuals to mate with each other—plays a key role for speciation by generating …

The potentials and limitations of different approaches to revealing species boundaries and
describing cryptic species are discussed. Both the traditional methods of species …