For centuries the world has been confronted with many infectious diseases, with a potential
to turn into a pandemic posing a constant threat to human lives. Some of these pandemics …

The vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster is a pivotal model for invertebrate development,
genetics, physiology, neuroscience, and disease. The whole family Drosophilidae, which …

Patterns of biodiversity are often explained by ecological processes, where traits that
promote novel ways of interacting with the environment (key innovations) play a …

Drosophila is the genus responsible for the birth of experimental genetics, but the taxonomy
of drosophilids is difficult because of the overwhelming diversity of the group. In this study …

The last 10 years have seen more research on insect macroevolution than all the previous
years combined. Here, I summarize and criticise the claims that have been made by …

Cactophilic Drosophila species provide a valuable model to study gene–environment
interactions and ecological adaptation. Drosophila buzzatii and Drosophila mojavensis are …

The genus Scaptomyza is emerging as a model lineage in which to study biogeography and
ecological adaptation. To place future research on these species into an evolutionary …

The current subgenus Drosophila (the traditional immigrans-tripunctata radiation) includes
major elements of temperate drosophilid faunas in the northern hemisphere. Despite …

Abstract The Hawaiian picture wing Drosophila are a striking example of adaptive radiation
in specialist saprophages on an island system. We use DNA sequences from five nuclear …

We utilize the efficient GBS technique to obtain thousands of nuclear loci and SNPs to
reconstruct the evolutionary history of Mexican leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylus). Through …