Transposable elements in Drosophila montana from harsh cold environments

MS Tahami, C Vargas-Chavez, N Poikela… - Mobile DNA, 2024 - Springer
Background Substantial discoveries during the past century have revealed that transposable
elements (TEs) can play a crucial role in genome evolution by affecting gene expression …

Chromosomal Inversions and the Demography of Speciation in Drosophila montana and Drosophila flavomontana

N Poikela, DR Laetsch, V Hoikkala… - Genome Biology and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Chromosomal inversions may play a central role in speciation given their ability to locally
reduce recombination and therefore genetic exchange between diverging populations. We …

Negative selection on baboon admixture is strongest on chromosome X

EF Soerensen, G Hellenthal, K Munch - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The six admixing baboon species offer a natural experiment to study negative selection on
admixture and potentially genetic incompatibility in species with divergence resembling that …

Evolution of hybrid inviability associated with chromosome fusions

J Boman, K Näsvall, R Vila, C Wiklund, N Backström - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Chromosomal rearrangements, such as inversions, have received considerable attention in
the speciation literature due to their hampering effects on recombination. However, less is …

Transposable elements in a cold-tolerant fly species, Drosophila montana: a link to adaptation to the harsh cold environments

MS Tahami, C Vargas-Chavez, N Poikela… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Background Substantial discoveries during the past century have revealed that transposable
elements (TEs) can play a crucial role in genome evolution by affecting gene expression …

[PDF][PDF] Speciation and sex-biased gene expression in the scarce swallowtails

S Ebdon - 2023 - core.ac.uk
Divergence in allopatry provides a simple null model of speciation (Mayr, 1947). Following
geographic isolation and given enough time, reproductive isolation is inevitable as …