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UCE-derived mitochondrial phylogeny reveals pervasive mito-nuclear discordances in serotine bats (genus Eptesicus) and complex evolutionary history in Eptesicus (Histiotus)
Studies of evolution and biodiversity require solid understanding of species systematics revealed by molecular phylogeny using multilocus genomic...
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UCE sequencing-derived mitogenomes reveal the timing of mitochondrial replacement in Malagasy shrew tenrecs (Afrosoricida, Tenrecidae, Microgale)
Malagasy shrew tenrecs ( Microgale ) have increasingly been used to study speciation genetics over the last years. A previous study recently uncovered...
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Unlocking the treasure trove: leveraging dry coral specimens for museum genomics
Natural history museums house the largest biodiversity collections in the world and represent an enormous repository of genetic information. Much of...
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Phylogeny, diversification, and biogeography of a hemiclonal hybrid system of native Australian freshwater fishes (Gobiiformes: Gobioidei: Eleotridae: Hypseleotris)
BackgroundCarp gudgeons (genus Hypseleotris ) are a prominent part of the Australian freshwater fish fauna, with species distributed around the...
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Conservation genomics of federally endangered Texella harvester species (Arachnida, Opiliones, Phalangodidae) from cave and karst habitats of central Texas
Genomic-scale data for non-model taxa are providing new insights into landscape genomic structuring and species limits, leading to more informed...
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Divergence time estimation of Galliformes based on the best gene shop** scheme of ultraconserved elements
BackgroundDivergence time estimation is fundamental to understanding many aspects of the evolution of organisms, such as character evolution,...
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Phylogenomic analysis of Syngnathidae reveals novel relationships, origins of endemic diversity and variable diversification rates
BackgroundSeahorses, seadragons, pygmy pipehorses, and pipefishes (Syngnathidae, Syngnathiformes) are among the most recognizable groups of fishes...
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Relationships among North American deer based on mitochondrial DNA and ultraconserved elements, with comments on mito-nuclear discordance
Despite their economic, cultural, and ecological significance, the phylogenetic relationships among North American deer remain uncertain, due in part...
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Evaluating possible anthropogenic impacts on gene flow and loss of genetic diversity in endangered Madla Cave Meshweaver spiders (Hahniidae, Cicurina madla)
Karst systems have great ecological, cultural and economic importance, but are constantly threatened by human development. Northwestern Bexar County,...
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Range-wide population genomics of common seadragons shows secondary contact over a former barrier and insights on illegal capture
BackgroundCommon seadragons ( Phyllopteryx taeniolatus , Syngnathidae) are an emblem of the diverse endemic fauna of Australia’s southern rocky reefs,...
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Species and genetic diversity relationships in benthic macroinvertebrate communities along a salinity gradient
BackgroundSpecies- and genetic diversity can change in parallel, resulting in a species-genetic diversity correlation (SGDC) and raising the question...
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Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous
Spiny-rayed fishes (Acanthomorpha) dominate modern marine habitats and account for more than a quarter of all living vertebrate species. Previous...
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Conservation genomics reveals low connectivity among populations of threatened roseate terns (Sterna dougallii) in the Atlantic Basin
While the effects of barriers to dispersal such as population declines, habitat fragmentation, and geographic distance have been well-documented in...
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Using natural history to guide supervised machine learning for cryptic species delimitation with genetic data
The diversity of biological and ecological characteristics of organisms, and the underlying genetic patterns and processes of speciation, makes the...
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Conservation implications for the world’s most widely distributed cavefish species complex based on population genomics (Typhlichthys, Percopsiformes)
Cave-obligate aquatic organisms are difficult to monitor for conservation due to cryptic diversity, unknown subterranean hydrological connectivity,...
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Phylogenomic analysis with improved taxon sampling corroborates an Alydidae + Hydarinae + Pseudophloeinae clade (Heteroptera: Coreoidea: Alydidae, Coreidae)
Recent phylogenomic analyses within the insect superfamily Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) have begun to challenge previous phylogenetic...
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Mitochondrial phylogenomics and mitogenome organization in the parasitoid wasp family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea)
BackgroundMitochondrial (mt) nucleotide sequence data has been by far the most common tool employed to investigate evolutionary relationships. While...
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Effect of pregnancy and feeding level on voluntary intake, digestion, and microbial nitrogen synthesis in Zebu beef cows
The objective of this research was to evaluate how pregnancy and feeding regimens affect the feed intake, digestibility, and efficiency of microbial...
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Geographic isolation drives speciation in Nearctic aphids
Across herbivorous insect clades, species richness and host-use diversity tend to positively covary. This could be because host-use divergence drives...
