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Hox Gene Variation Drives Morphological Specialization of Humpback Grouper Cromileptes altivelis

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Cromileptes altivelis exhibits a distinctive “sunken head and humpback” morphology, formed through cranial remodeling. Genetic analyses identified unique amino acid variants in Hoxa7a and Hoxa10b, with functional tests confirming their role in enhancing osteoblast activity and driving cranial remodeling.
Xiaoying Cao, Zhaowei Zhong, Lisheng Wu, Quanyin Liu, Shaoxiong Ding   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cenozoic Tectonics Ignite Mitochondrial Codon Innovations Propelling Canid Body Size Evolution and Transcontinental Radiations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We decode mitochondrial genomes across all extant canids, revealing lineage‐specific codon optimization driven by altitude, predation, and body size. A tripartite framework integrates geological events, metabolic constraints, and adaptive radiation to explain carnivore evolution.
Xiaoyang Wu, Xibao Wang, Yongquan Shang, Yao Chen, Haotian Cai, Tian Xia, Qinguo Wei, Weilai Sha, Honghai Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morphological and genetic perspectives of hybridization in two contact zones of closely related species of Petunia (Solanaceae) in southern Brazil

Acta Botânica Brasílica
Interspecific hybridization has several consequences for parental species, from blurring species limits to the emergence of new taxa. Petunia axillaris and P.
Marcelo C. Teixeira, Caroline Turchetto, Sara Hartke, Carolina K. Schnitzler, Loreta B. Freitas   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cross-Compatibility in Interspecific Hybridization of Different Curcuma Accessions. [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2023
Ye Y, Zhou Y, Tan J, Zhu G, Liu J, Xu Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

charisma: An R package to perform reproducible colour characterization of digital images for biological studies

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Advances in digital imaging and software tools have provided increasingly accessible datasets and methods for analysing colour evolution. Despite the variety of computational packages available, most rely on colour classification before running analyses.
Shawn T. Schwartz, Whitney L. E. Tsai, Elizabeth A. Karan, Mark S. Juhn, Allison J. Shultz, John E. McCormack, Thomas B. Smith, Michael E. Alfaro   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differential introgression and the maintenance of species boundaries in an advanced generation avian hybrid zone [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Evolutionary processes, including selection and differential fitness, shape the introgression of genetic material across a hybrid zone, resulting in the exchange of some genes but not others.
Kovach, Adrienne I., Olsen, Brian J., Shriver, W. Gregory, Walsh, Jennifer   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Relationships Between European Wildcats and Domestic Cats in an Area of Sympatry: Exploring Key Conservation Questions on Hybridization and Disease Transmission

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
We have found evidence of behavioural barriers for both hybridization and disease transmission between European wildcats and domestic cats. This includes hierarchical interspecies exclusion enforced by wildcats, as well as sexual selection exerted by wildcat females.
Jose María Gil‐Sánchez, Elena Bertos, Mariola Sánchez‐Cerdá, Emilio Virgós, Marcos Moleón   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Genomic Shock Hypothesis: Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations of Transposable Elements after Interspecific Hybridization in Plants. [PDF]

Epigenomes, 2023
de Tomás C, Vicient CM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Evidence of unreduced gamete production from interspecific crosses between Gossypium hirsutum and G. herbaceum [PDF]

, 2009
In order to analyze the gene flow between the allotetraploid cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum, AADD, 2n=52) and the wild diploid (G. herbaceum, AA, 2n=26), the possibility of natural hybridization between these two cotton species has been ...
Chèvre, Anne-Marie, Coriton, Olivier, Eber, Frédéric, Hau, Bernard, Hofs, Jean-Luc, Huteau, Virginie, Montes, Emilie, Pannetier, Catherine   +7 more
core  

Nest Survival Models and Genomics Illuminate Hybridisation Attempts, Guiding Culturally Informed Management to Recover a Critically Endangered Seabird

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Long‐term monitoring has revealed hybridisation attempts between the Critically Endangered Kuaka Whenua Hou (KWH, Pelecanoides whenuahouensis) and the abundant Kuaka (P. urinatrix). Here we use modelling based on population monitoring data in tandem with genomic data to investigate these attempts and the risk they pose to KWH recovery.
N. J. Forsdick, T. R. Buckley, T. Davis, I. Debski, J. H. Fischer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source