Genomic tools in biological invasions: Current state and future Frontiers

A McGaughran, MK Dhami, E Parvizi… - Genome biology and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Human activities are accelerating rates of biological invasions and climate-driven range
expansions globally, yet we understand little of how genomic processes facilitate the …

Temporal collections to study invasion biology

AS Kim, JM Kreiner, F Hernández, DG Bock… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions represent an extraordinary opportunity to study evolution. This is
because accidental or deliberate species introductions have taken place for centuries …

Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei), an emerging model species

AJ Geneva, S Park, DG Bock, PLH de Mello… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Rapid technological improvements are democratizing access to high quality, chromosome-
scale genome assemblies. No longer the domain of only the most highly studied model …

Stronger evidence for genetic ancestry than environmental conditions in shaping the evolution of a complex signalling trait during biological invasion

JN Pita‐Aquino, DG Bock, S Baeckens… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introductions of invasive species to new environments often result in rapid rates of trait
evolution. While in some cases these evolutionary transitions are adaptive and driven by …

The Difficulty of Predicting Evolutionary Change in Response to Novel Ecological Interactions: A Field Experiment with Anolis Lizards

TJ Thurman, TM Palmer, JJ Kolbe… - The American …, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Determining whether and how evolution is predictable is an important goal, particularly as
anthropogenic disturbances lead to novel species interactions that could modify selective …

Evolution in response to climate in the native and introduced ranges of a globally distributed plant

SG Innes, JS Santangelo, NJ Kooyers, KM Olsen… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The extent to which species can adapt to spatiotemporal climatic variation in their native and
introduced ranges remains unresolved. To address this, we examined how clines in …

Introduction history and hybridization determine the hydric balance of an invasive lizard facing a recent climate niche shift

S Baeckens, JB Losos, DJ Irschick, JJ Kolbe… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
As anthropogenic activities are increasing the frequency and severity of droughts,
understanding whether and how fast populations can adapt to sudden changes in their …

Experimentally simulating the evolution-to-ecology connection: Divergent predator morphologies alter natural food webs

JJ Kolbe, ST Giery, O Lapiedra… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The idea that changing environmental conditions drive adaptive evolution is a pillar of
evolutionary ecology. But, the opposite—that adaptive evolution alters ecological processes …

Rapid introgression of non‐native alleles following hybridization between a native Anolis lizard species and a cryptic invader across an urban landscape

TB DeVos, DG Bock, JJ Kolbe - Molecular Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive species can impact native populations through competition, predation, habitat
alteration, and disease transmission, but also genetically through hybridization. Potential …

Heterosis counteracts hybrid breakdown to forestall speciation by parallel natural selection

KA Thompson, D Schluter - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In contrast to ecological speciation, where reproductive isolation evolves as a consequence
of divergent natural selection, speciation by parallel natural selection has been less …