Speciation through chromosomal fusion and fission in Lepidoptera

Towards the completion of speciation: the evolution of reproductive isolation beyond the first barriers

(2020) Jonna Kulmuni et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Macrosynteny analysis shows the absence of ancient whole-genome duplication in lepidopteran insects

(2019) Yoichiro Nakatani et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sex Chromosome Turnover in Moths of the Diverse Superfamily Gelechioidea

(2019) Leonela Z Carabajal Paladino et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Limited intrinsic postzygotic reproductive isolation despite chromosomal rearrangements between closely related sympatric species of small ermine moths (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)

(2019) Katerina H Hora et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The determinants of genetic diversity in butterflies

(2019) Alexander Mackintosh et al.   Nature Communications

Unprecedented reorganization of holocentric chromosomes provides insights into the enigma of lepidopteran chromosome evolution

(2019) Jason Hill et al.   Science Advances

Estimating Diversification Rates on Incompletely Sampled Phylogenies: Theoretical Concerns and Practical Solutions

(2019) Jonathan Chang et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

ape 5.0: an environment for modern phylogenetics and evolutionary analyses in R

(2018) Emmanuel Paradis et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

OneTwoTree: An online tool for phylogeny reconstruction

(2018) Michal Drori et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Posterior Summarization in Bayesian Phylogenetics Using Tracer 1.7

(2018) Andrew Rambaut et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Evolutionary Mechanisms of Varying Chromosome Numbers in the Radiation of Erebia Butterflies

(2018) Kay Lucek   Genes

Versatility of multivalent orientation, inverted meiosis, and rescued fitness in holocentric chromosomal hybrids

(2018) Vladimir A. Lukhtanov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rapid Increase in Genome Size as a Consequence of Transposable Element Hyperactivity in Wood-White (Leptidea) Butterflies

(2017) Venkat Talla et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

What shapes the continuum of reproductive isolation? Lessons from Heliconius butterflies

(2017) C. Mérot et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cladogenetic and Anagenetic Models of Chromosome Number Evolution: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach

(2017) William A Freyman et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The deep conservation of the Lepidoptera Z chromosome suggests a non-canonical origin of the W

(2017) Christelle Fraïsse et al.   Nature Communications

Evolutionary mechanisms of runaway chromosome number change in Agrodiaetus butterflies

(2017) Alisa O. Vershinina et al.   Scientific Reports

Chromosome Evolution in Connection with Repetitive Sequences and Epigenetics in Plants

(2017) Shu-Fen Li et al.   Genes

Chromosomal Speciation in the Genomics Era: Disentangling Phylogenetic Evolution of Rock-wallabies

(2017) Sally Potter et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Chromosomal rearrangements in holocentric organisms lead to reproductive isolation by hybrid dysfunction: The correlation between karyotype rearrangements and germination rates in sedges

(2016) Marcial Escudero et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Past, future, and present of state-dependent models of diversification

(2016) Brian C. O'Meara et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Fissions, fusions, and translocations shaped the karyotype and multiple sex chromosome constitution of the northeast-Asian wood white butterfly,Leptidea amurensis

(2016) Jindra Šíchová et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Phylogenomics of a rapid radiation: is chromosomal evolution linked to increased diversification in north american spiny lizards (Genus Sceloporus)?

(2016) Adam D. Leaché et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Notes on the Statistical Power of the Binary State Speciation and Extinction (BiSSE) Model

(2016) Alexander Gamisch   Evolutionary Bioinformatics

A comparative study on karyotypic diversification rate in mammals

(2016) P A Martinez et al.   HEREDITY

Multifaceted biological insights from a draft genome sequence of the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta

(2016) Michael R. Kanost et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Sex Determination, Sex Chromosomes, and Karyotype Evolution in Insects

(2016) Heath Blackmon et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

The gene cortex controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths

(2016) Nicola J. Nadeau et al.   NATURE

Detecting Hidden Diversification Shifts in Models of Trait-Dependent Speciation and Extinction

(2016) Jeremy M. Beaulieu et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

RevBayes: Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference Using Graphical Models and an Interactive Model-Specification Language

(2016) Sebastian Höhna et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The blue butterfly Polyommatus (Plebicula) atlanticus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) holds the record of the highest number of chromosomes in the non-polyploid eukaryotic organisms

(2015) Vladimir Lukhtanov   Comparative Cytogenetics

No substitute for real data: A cautionary note on the use of phylogenies from birth-death polytomy resolvers for downstream comparative analyses

(2015) Daniel L. Rabosky   EVOLUTION

The butterfly plant arms-race escalated by gene and genome duplications

(2015) Patrick P. Edger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Homoploid hybrid speciation and genome evolution via chromosome sorting

(2015) V. A. Lukhtanov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Size is not everything: rates of genome size evolution, notC-value, correlate with speciation in angiosperms

(2015) Mark N. Puttick et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Multilocus Species Trees Show the Recent Adaptive Radiation of the Mimetic Heliconius Butterflies

(2015) Krzysztof M. Kozak et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Model Inadequacy and Mistaken Inferences of Trait-Dependent Speciation

(2015) Daniel L. Rabosky et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Atypical centromeres in plants—what they can tell us

(2015) Maria Cuacos et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

The Robertsonian phenomenon in the house mouse: mutation, meiosis and speciation

(2014) Silvia Garagna et al.   CHROMOSOMA

LOCAL ADAPTATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF CHROMOSOME FUSIONS

(2014) Rafael F. Guerrero et al.   EVOLUTION

The Chromosome Counts Database (CCDB) - a community resource of plant chromosome numbers

(2014) Anna Rice et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Automatic Detection of Key Innovations, Rate Shifts, and Diversity-Dependence on Phylogenetic Trees

(2014) Daniel L. Rabosky   PLoS One

The Unsolved Challenge to Phylogenetic Correlation Tests for Categorical Characters

(2014) Wayne P. Maddison et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

A Linear-Time Algorithm for Gaussian and Non-Gaussian Trait Evolution Models

(2014) Lam si Tung Ho et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The Glanville fritillary genome retains an ancient karyotype and reveals selective chromosomal fusions in Lepidoptera

(2014) Virpi Ahola et al.   Nature Communications

Exploring power and parameter estimation of the BiSSE method for analyzing species diversification

(2013) Matthew P Davis et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Chromosome evolution in Neotropical butterflies

(2013) Anssi Saura et al.   HEREDITAS

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Molecular dating of phylogenies by likelihood methods: A comparison of models and a new information criterion

(2013) Emmanuel Paradis   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

In the shadow of phylogenetic uncertainty: The recent diversification of Lysandra butterflies through chromosomal change

(2013) Gerard Talavera et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Population size and the rate of evolution

(2013) Robert Lanfear et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Holocentric chromosomes: convergent evolution, meiotic adaptations, and genomic analysis

(2012) Daniël P. Melters et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Goldilocks Meets Santa Rosalia: An Ephemeral Speciation Model Explains Patterns of Diversification Across Time Scales

(2012) Erica Bree Rosenblum et al.   Evolutionary Biology

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Diversitree: comparative phylogenetic analyses of diversification in R

(2012) Richard G. FitzJohn   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Adaptive Introgression across Species Boundaries in Heliconius Butterflies

(2012) Carolina Pardo-Diaz et al.   PLoS Genetics

Unprecedented within-species chromosome number cline in the Wood White butterfly Leptidea sinapis and its significance for karyotype evolution and speciation

(2011) Vladimir A Lukhtanov et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Sex chromosome evolution in moths and butterflies

(2011) Ken Sahara et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Chromosomal rearrangements maintain a polymorphic supergene controlling butterfly mimicry

(2011) Mathieu Joron et al.   NATURE

phytools: an R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things)

(2011) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Genome Size and Species Diversification

(2010) Ken Kraaijeveld   Evolutionary Biology

Extensive synteny conservation of holocentric chromosomes in Lepidoptera despite high rates of local genome rearrangements

(2010) E. d'Alençon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chromosomal speciation revisited: rearranging theory with pieces of evidence

(2010) Rui Faria et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Phyutility: a phyloinformatics tool for trees, alignments and molecular data

(2008) S. A. Smith et al.   BIOINFORMATICS