Evolutionary history of endemic Sulawesi squirrels constructed from UCEs and mitogenomes sequenced from museum specimens

MTR Hawkins, JA Leonard, KM Helgen… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background The Indonesian island of Sulawesi has a complex geological history. It
is composed of several landmasses that have arrived at a near modern configuration only in …

Mitochondrial capture and subsequent genetic divergence generates a novel haplogroup: evidence from ancient and ongoing hybridization in mule and white-tailed …

EA Wright, EK Roberts, RN Platt… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) and O. hemionus (mule deer) are sympatric
across much of North America. Molecular evidence suggests that up to 24% of individuals in …

Distinct mtDNA lineages in free‐ranging Ammotragus(aoudad) from the United States indicate multiple introductions from northern Africa

EA Wright, RC Wiedmeier, EK Roberts… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Translocation records indicate aoudad (Ammotragus lervia) populations in the United States
are a product of multiple human‐mediated introductions. Two mitochondrial markers …

Rapid divergence and gene flow at high latitudes shape the history of Holarctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus)

BS McLean, DJ Jackson, JA Cook - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2016 - Elsevier
Across the animal tree of life, the prevalence and evolutionary role (s) of hybridization
remain incompletely understood. Rapidly radiating clades can serve as important systems …

Traditional multilocus phylogeny fails to fully resolve Palearctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus) relationships but reveals a new species endemic to West Siberia

E Simonov, NV Lopatina, SV Titov, AD Ivanova… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Previous efforts to reconstruct evolutionary history of Palearctic ground squirrels within the
genus Spermophilus have primarily relied on a single mitochondrial marker for phylogenetic …

Surrounded by Kindred: Spermophilus major Hybridization with Other Spermophilus Species in Space and Time

A Tukhbatullin, O Ermakov, S Kapustina, V Starikov… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The role of hybridization in biological evolution and cases of hybridogenic
speciation is one of the most complicated but also interesting and actively studied topics …

Contemporary hybridization between female mule deer and male white-tailed deer in west Texas differs from the hypothesized sex mating patterns recovered from …

EA Wright, JV Bayouth, JP Bayouth… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Introgressive hybridization between members of Odocoileus was examined using the
mitochondrial cytochrome-b (maternal marker) and paternal sex-determining region Y (Sry) …

Multilocus analyses indicate a mosaic distribution of hybrid populations in ground squirrels (genus Ictidomys)

CW Thompson, FA Anwarali Khan… - Ecology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
DNA sequence data from mitochondrial cytochrome‐b (Cytb) and Y‐linked structural
maintenance of chromosomes (SmcY) genes were combined with 478 nuclear loci obtained …

[PDF][PDF] Molecular evolution and phylogenetic importance of a gamete recognition gene Zan reveals a unique contribution to mammalian speciation.

EK Roberts - 2020 - ttu-ir.tdl.org
Reproductive isolation limits homogenizing gene flow between incipient species. Genetic
changes that promote reproductive isolation serve not only to reinforce speciation secondary …