Rapid Radiation and Rampant Reticulation: Phylogenomics of South American Liolaemus Lizards

D Esquerré, JS Keogh, D Demangel… - Systematic …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the factors that cause heterogeneity among gene trees can increase the
accuracy of species trees. Discordant signals across the genome are commonly produced …

Phylogenomic data resolve higher-level relationships within South American Liolaemus lizards

M Morando, M Olave, LJ Avila, JW Sites Jr… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Phylogenomic approaches now generate hundreds of loci representative of the whole
genome that can be used for phylogenetic analyses. The South American lizard genus …

Dramatic impact of future climate change on the genetic diversity and distribution of ecologically relevant Western Mediterranean Carex (Cyperaceae)

C Benítez-Benítez, M Sanz-Arnal, M Urbani… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Anticipating the evolutionary responses of species to ongoing climate change is essential to
propose effective management and conservation measures. The Western Mediterranean …

How important is it to consider lineage diversification heterogeneity in macroevolutionary studies? Lessons from the lizard family Liolaemidae

M Olave, LJ Avila, JW Sites… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Macroevolutionary and biogeographical studies commonly apply multiple models to test
state‐dependent diversification. These models track the association between states of …

Four Species Linked by Three Hybrid Zones: Two Instances of Repeated Hybridization in One Species Group (Genus Liolaemus)

JA Grummer, LJ Avila, MM Morando… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hybridization is an evolutionary process that can generate diverse outcomes, such as
reinforcing species boundaries, generating new species, or facilitating the introgression of …

Ecophysiological responses of Liolaemus arambarensis juveniles to experimental temperature variations

AAN Valgas, GK Cubas, DR de Oliveira… - … and Physiology Part A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change increasingly influences the loss of biodiversity, especially in ectothermic
organisms, which depend on environmental temperatures to obtain heat and regulate their …

Environmental correlates of phenotypic evolution in ecologically diverse Liolaemus lizards

DL Edwards, LJ Avila, L Martinez… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Evolutionary correlations between phenotypic and environmental traits characterize
adaptive radiations. However, the lizard genus Liolaemus, one of the most ecologically …

Naming the diversity: Taxonomy of current species of Patagonian lizards

LJ Avila, A González Marín… - … at the End of the World, 2020 - Springer
The diversity of the Patagonian lizard fauna is a combination of low diversity at higher levels,
eg, families, some of them almost marginal to the region, coupled with very high species …

Evolutionary transitions in diet influence the exceptional diversification of a lizard adaptive radiation

M Ocampo, D Pincheira-Donoso, F Sayol… - BMC Ecology and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Diet is a key component of a species ecological niche and plays critical roles in
guiding the trajectories of evolutionary change. Previous studies suggest that dietary …

Digest: Liolaemus lizards as an emerging model system to study hybridization as a driver of rapid radiations

M Olave - 2024 - academic.oup.com
Recent perspectives on speciation genomics emphasize the pivotal role of hybridization in
driving rapid radiations. The Liolaemus lizard genus displays impressive species richness …