What we still don't know about invasion genetics

Information entropy as a measure of genetic diversity and evolvability in colonization

(2015) Troy Day   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Chromosome inversions, adaptive cassettes and the evolution of species' ranges

(2015) Mark Kirkpatrick et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Comparative genomics in the Asteraceae reveals little evidence for parallel evolutionary change in invasive taxa

(2015) Kathryn A. Hodgins et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Evolution of phenotypic plasticity in colonizing species

(2015) Russell Lande   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Expansion load: recessive mutations and the role of standing genetic variation

(2015) Stephan Peischl et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Quantitative trait locus mapping identifies candidate alleles involved in adaptive introgression and range expansion in a wild sunflower

(2015) Kenneth D. Whitney et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A genetic perspective on rapid evolution in cane toads (Rhinella marina)

(2015) Lee A. Rollins et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Here be dragons: a tool for quantifying novelty due to covariate range and correlation change when projecting species distribution models

(2014) Mohsen B. Mesgaran et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Hybridisation is associated with increased fecundity and size in invasive taxa: meta-analytic support for the hybridisation-invasion hypothesis

(2014) Stephen M. Hovick et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Fitness Is Strongly Influenced by Rare Mutations of Large Effect in a Microbial Mutation Accumulation Experiment

(2014) K. Heilbron et al.   GENETICS

Genetic structure of an introduced paper wasp,Polistes chinensis antennalis(Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in New Zealand

(2014) Koji Tsuchida et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Behaviour-relatedDRD4polymorphisms in invasive bird populations

(2014) J. C. Mueller et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The distribution of genetic variance across phenotypic space and the response to selection

(2014) Mark W. Blows et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genomics of invasion: diversity and selection in introduced populations of monkeyflowers (Mimulus guttatus)

(2014) Joshua Puzey et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Demographic history of a recent invasion of house mice on the isolated Island of Gough

(2014) Melissa M. Gray et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Herbarium specimens reveal a historical shift in phylogeographic structure of common ragweed during native range disturbance

(2014) Michael D. Martin et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Rapid genetic adaptation precedes the spread of an exotic plant species

(2014) Katrien Vandepitte et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Characteristics of successful alien plants

(2014) M. van Kleunen et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A multi-genome analysis approach enables tracking of the invasion of a single Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia) clone throughout the New World

(2014) B. Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Evaluation of demographic history and neutral parameterization on the performance ofFSToutlier tests

(2014) Katie E. Lotterhos et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The contrasting effects of genome size, chromosome number and ploidy level on plant invasiveness: a global analysis

(2014) Maharaj K. Pandit et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

How important is intraspecific genetic admixture to the success of colonising populations?

(2014) Marc Rius et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Genotype-by-Environment Interaction and Plasticity: Exploring Genomic Responses of Plants to the Abiotic Environment

(2013) David L. Des Marais et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges?

(2013) John D. Parker et al.   ECOLOGY

Predicting novel trophic interactions in a non-native world

(2013) Ian S. Pearse et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Genomic and environmental selection patterns in two distinct lettuce crop-wild hybrid crosses

(2013) Yorike Hartman et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Patterns of DNA Methylation Throughout a Range Expansion of an Introduced Songbird

(2013) A. L. Liebl et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Evolution of fast-growing and more resistant phenotypes in introduced common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

(2013) Sabrina Kumschick et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Shared selective pressure and local genomic landscape lead to repeatable patterns of genomic divergence in sunflowers

(2013) Sebastien Renaut et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

On the accumulation of deleterious mutations during range expansions

(2013) S. Peischl et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The molecular basis of invasiveness: differences in gene expression of native and introduced common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) in stressful and benign environments

(2013) Kathryn A. Hodgins et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Population genomics of a symbiont in the early stages of a pest invasion

(2013) Amanda M. V. Brown et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Adaptive introgression in animals: examples and comparison to new mutation and standing variation as sources of adaptive variation

(2013) Philip W. Hedrick   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Rapid evolution of an invasive weed

(2013) Kathryn G. Turner et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Do invasive freshwater fish species grow better when they are invasive?

(2013) Andrew L. Rypel   OIKOS

The Role of Propagule Pressure, Genetic Diversity and Microsite Availability for Senecio vernalis Invasion

(2013) Alexandra Erfmeier et al.   PLoS One

Effects of genotypic and phenotypic variation on establishment are important for conservation, invasion, and infection biology

(2013) A. Forsman   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Epigenetic diversity increases the productivity and stability of plant populations

(2013) Vít Latzel et al.   Nature Communications

Meta-analysis reveals evolution in invasive plant species but little support for Evolution of Increased Competitive Ability (EICA)

(2013) Emmi Felker-Quinn et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Combining optimal defense theory and the evolutionary dilemma model to refine predictions regarding plant invasion

(2012) Christina Alba et al.   ECOLOGY

Increased population growth rate in invasive polyploidCentaurea stoebein a common garden

(2012) Min A. Hahn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Invasion of diverse habitats by few Japanese knotweed genotypes is correlated with epigenetic differentiation

(2012) Christina L. Richards et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Evolution and biological control

(2012) George K. Roderick et al.   Evolutionary Applications

A resurrection study reveals rapid adaptive evolution within populations of an invasive plant

(2012) Sonia E. Sultan et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Molecular mechanisms of plant competition: neighbour detection and response strategies

(2012) Ronald Pierik et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Beyond an AFLP genome scan towards the identification of immune genes involved in plague resistance inRattus rattusfrom Madagascar

(2012) C. Tollenaere et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genome-wide patterns of latitudinal differentiation among populations ofDrosophila melanogasterfrom North America

(2012) Daniel K. Fabian et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Opening the Door to Epigenetics in PCP

(2012) T. Kinoshita et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Increased Phenotypic Plasticity to Climate May Have Boosted the Invasion Success of Polyploid Centaurea stoebe

(2012) Min A. Hahn et al.   PLoS One

Widespread dynamic DNA methylation in response to biotic stress

(2012) R. H. Dowen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The more the better? The role of polyploidy in facilitating plant invasions

(2011) M. te Beest et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Ecological genetics of invasive alien species

(2011) L.-J. Lawson Handley et al.   BIOCONTROL

Adaptive Introgression of Anticoagulant Rodent Poison Resistance by Hybridization between Old World Mice

(2011) Ying Song et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Do invasive species show higher phenotypic plasticity than native species and, if so, is it adaptive? A meta-analysis

(2011) Amy Michelle Davidson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Anthropogenically induced adaptation to invade (AIAI): contemporary adaptation to human-altered habitats within the native range can promote invasions

(2011) Ruth A. Hufbauer et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Founder events predict changes in genetic diversity during human-mediated range expansions

(2011) Tobias Uller et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Invasions: the trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea

(2011) Angela T. Moles et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ploidy influences rarity and invasiveness in plants

(2011) Maharaj K. Pandit et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Genetic differentiation in life-history traits of introduced and native common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) populations

(2011) K. A. HODGINS et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Differentiation of reproductive and competitive ability in the invaded range of Senecio inaequidens: the role of genetic Allee effects, adaptive and nonadaptive evolution

(2011) Susanne Lachmuth et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Invasive plants do not display greater phenotypic plasticity than their native or non-invasive counterparts: a meta-analysis

(2011) Kattia Palacio-López et al.   OIKOS

Tradeoffs associated with constitutive and induced plant resistance against herbivory

(2011) A. Kempel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Polyploidy and ecological adaptation in wild yarrow

(2011) J. Ramsey   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Why research on traits of invasive plants tells us very little

(2011) Ken Thompson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Is there a risk to living large? Large size correlates with reduced growth when stressed for knapweed populations

(2010) Wei-Ming He et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Trade-offs and the evolution of life-histories during range expansion

(2010) Olivia J. Burton et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

POLYPLOIDY, LIFE-FORM AND VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION

(2010) ÅKE GUSTAFSSON   HEREDITAS

Is rapid evolution common in introduced plant species?

(2010) Joanna M. Buswell et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Genomic admixture increases fitness during a biological invasion

(2010) S. R. KELLER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Genome scan of hybridizing sunflowers from Texas (Helianthus annuusandH. debilis) reveals asymmetric patterns of introgression and small islands of genomic differentiation

(2010) M. SCASCITELLI et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Nonadditive changes to cytosine methylation as a consequence of hybridization and genome duplication in Senecio (Asteraceae)

(2010) MATTHEW J. HEGARTY et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Transcriptomic responses to salinity stress in invasive and native blue mussels (genus Mytilus)

(2010) BRENT L. LOCKWOOD et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Population genetic diversity influences colonization success

(2010) K. M. CRAWFORD et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A method and server for predicting damaging missense mutations

(2010) Ivan A Adzhubei et al.   NATURE METHODS

Understanding natural epigenetic variation

(2010) Christina L. Richards et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Population admixture, biological invasions and the balance between local adaptation and inbreeding depression

(2010) K. J. F. Verhoeven et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Ecological Impact of Invasive Cane Toads (Bufo Marinus) in Australia

(2010) Richard Shine   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

Genome size reduction can trigger rapid phenotypic evolution in invasive plants

(2009) Sébastien Lavergne et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The Role of Propagule Pressure in Biological Invasions

(2009) Daniel Simberloff   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Rapid fixation of non-native alleles revealed by genome-wide SNP analysis of hybrid tiger salamanders

(2009) Benjamin M Fitzpatrick et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Rapid evolution in introduced species, ‘invasive traits’ and recipient communities: challenges for predicting invasive potential

(2009) Kenneth D. Whitney et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

The more you introduce the more you get: the role of colonization pressure and propagule pressure in invasion ecology

(2009) Julie L. Lockwood et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Establishment of parallel altitudinal clines in traits of native and introduced forbs

(2009) Jake M. Alexander et al.   ECOLOGY

A meta-analysis of trait differences between invasive and non-invasive plant species

(2009) Mark van Kleunen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Adaptation to an extraordinary environment by evolution of phenotypic plasticity and genetic assimilation

(2009) R. LANDE   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Introgression of fitness genes across a ploidy barrier

(2009) Mark A. Chapman et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Stress-induced DNA methylation changes and their heritability in asexual dandelions

(2009) Koen J. F. Verhoeven et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Lag-phases in alien plant invasions: separating the facts from the artefacts

(2009) Sami Aikio et al.   OIKOS

A Toad More Traveled: The Heterogeneous Invasion Dynamics of Cane Toads in Australia

(2008) Mark C. Urban et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Revisiting the Impact of Inversions in Evolution: From Population Genetic Markers to Drivers of Adaptive Shifts and Speciation?

(2008) Ary A. Hoffmann et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Introgression between invasive saltcedars (Tamarix chinensis and T. ramosissima) in the USA

(2008) John F. Gaskin et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Clinal variation in developmental time and viability, and the response to thermal treatments in two species of Drosophila

(2008) GUILLERMO FOLGUERA et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

GENETIC DISTANCE BETWEEN SPECIES PREDICTS NOVEL TRAIT EXPRESSION IN THEIR HYBRIDS

(2008) Rike Stelkens et al.   EVOLUTION

Clinal patterns of desiccation and starvation resistance in ancestral and invading populations of Drosophila subobscura

(2008) George W. Gilchrist et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Common garden comparisons of native and introduced plant populations: latitudinal clines can obscure evolutionary inferences

(2008) Robert I. Colautti et al.   Evolutionary Applications

The Frequency of Fitness Peak Shifts Is Increased at Expanding Range Margins Due to Mutation Surfing

(2008) Olivia J. Burton et al.   GENETICS

Population Bottlenecks Increase Additive Genetic Variance But Do Not Break a Selection Limit in Rain Forest Drosophila

(2008) B. van Heerwaarden et al.   GENETICS

Differences in plasticity between invasive and native plants from a low resource environment

(2008) Jennifer L. Funk   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Identifying the source of species invasions: sampling intensity vs. genetic diversity

(2008) JIM R. MUIRHEAD et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Regulatory Genes Control a Key Morphological and Ecological Trait Transferred Between Species

(2008) M. Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Adaptive evolution in invasive species

(2008) Peter J. Prentis et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Founding events in species invasions: genetic variation, adaptive evolution, and the role of multiple introductions

(2007) K. M. DLUGOSCH et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Human influences on rates of phenotypic change in wild animal populations

(2007) ANDREW P. HENDRY et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Adaptation from standing genetic variation

(2007) R BARRETT et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION