Divergence and gene flow among Darwin's finches

Gene flow, ancient polymorphism, and ecological adaptation shape ...

Here, we performed scans for regions of high relative divergence (F-ST) in 12 species pairs of Darwin's finches at different genetic distances. In each pair, we ...

Genetic Adaptation and Speciation in Darwin s Finches and Atlantic ...

This is especially likely when the divergence time between the popu- lations is short or gene flow has been ongoing throughout the period. In ...

Evolution of Darwin's finches and their beaks revealed by genome ...

760 Citations · Adaptive radiation of Darwin's finches revisited using whole genome sequencing · M. S. · Divergence and gene flow among Darwin's finches: A genome ...

Panmixia supports divergence with gene flow in Darwin's small ...

(2006) found evidence for adaptive divergence in G. fuliginosa among differing ecological zones on Santa Cruz. Arid zone finches had shorter beaks and longer ...

Female-biased gene flow between two species of Darwin's finches.

The mosaic nature of hybrid genomes is well recognized, but little is known of how they are shaped initially by patterns of breeding, selection, ...

Rapid adaptive radiation of Darwin's finches depends on ancestral ...

Admixture mapping for beak and body size in the small, medium, and large ground finches revealed 28 loci showing strong genetic differentiation.

Gene flow, ancient polymorphism, and ecological adaptation shape ...

Gene flow, ancient polymorphism, and ecological adaptation shape the genomic landscape of divergence among Darwin's finches ; PubMed 28442558 ; DOI 10.1101/gr.

The search for beak genes in Darwin's finches

Ground finches and tree finches diverged about 400,000 years ago and exhibit ongoing gene flow within and between the two groups (15). By ...

Genetic Evidence for Beak Variation in Darwin's Finches

He noted that changes in size and form of the beaks have allowed different finch species to utilize food from various sources, such as seeds, ...

geographic isolation, divergent evolution, species speciation, gene ...

Darwin observed that beak shape varies among finch species, and proposed that the beak of an ancestral species had adapted over time to help the finches to ...

Adaptive divergence, genetic connectivity - FLEX

HIGH GENE FLOW SUPPORTS ADAPTIVE DIVERGENCE IN AN ISLAND. POPULATION OF DARWIN'S SMALL GROUND FINCH, GEOSPIZA FULIGINOSA.

Darwin's Finches - ECO-EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS

We are also asking whether this adaptive split has led to assortative mating, reductions in gene flow, and the onset of speciation. We have also found that a ...

Divergence and introgression among the virilis group of Drosophila

The extent of introgression between species has revised our understanding of how gene flow may influence speciation. It has long been thought ...

Darwin's finches and Galápagos

This improved fitness of intermediate forms thus breaks one of the barriers keeping different beak sizes as separate gene pools – in essence halting or ...

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(2017). Darwin finch species differing in beak morphology can coexist on the same island, haplotypes underlying ecological divergence and behavioural mate ...

Songs of Darwin's finches diverge when a new species enters the ...

In most cases the divergence of species from a common ancestor happened a long time ago; therefore the process must be inferred from genetic differences between ...

Gene flow, ancient polymorphism, and ecological adaptation shape ...

... divergence among Darwin's finches. Han, Fan. Uppsala University ... in 12 species pairs of Darwin's finches at different genetic distances.

The Genomic Landscape of Divergence Across the Speciation ...

2017 Gene flow, ancient polymorphism, and ecological adaptation shape the genomic landscape of divergence among Darwin's finches. Genome. Res. 27: 1004–1015 ...

On the “Sisyphean Evolution of Darwin's Finches”

…For example, that mutant protein that is most strongly associated with thin- versus thick-beak genes in Darwin's finches, ALX1, has only two ...

Genomewide patterns of variation in genetic diversity are shared ...

independent information on the plausibility of divergent selection opposing gene flow in ... flycatcher and Darwin's finches assuming approximately 45 million ...