Advances in Ecological Speciation: an integrative approach

The role of natural selection in promoting reproductive isolation has received substantial renewed interest within the last two decades. As a consequence, the study of ecological speciation has become an extremely productive research area in modern evolutionary biology. Recent innovations in sequencing technologies offer an unprecedented opportunity to study the mechanisms involved in ecological speciation. Genome scans provide significant insights but have some important limitations; efforts are needed to integrate them with other approaches to make full use of the sequencing data deluge. An international conference Advances in Ecological Speciation' organized by the University of Porto (Portugal) aimed to review current progress in ecological speciation. Using some of the examples presented at the conference, we highlight the benefits of integrating ecological and genomic data and discuss different mechanisms of parallel evolution. Finally, future avenues of research are suggested to advance our knowledge concerning the role of natural selection in the establishment of reproductive isolation during ecological speciation.

NATURVETENSKAP Biologi hsv//swe
NATURAL SCIENCES Biological Sciences hsv//eng
NATURVETENSKAP Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap Miljövetenskap hsv//swe
NATURAL SCIENCES Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences hsv//eng
adaptive evolution
ecology
genome scan
natural selection
parallel evolution
reproductive isolation
genome-wide patterns
gene-flow
reproductive isolation
natural-selection
threespine stickleback
parallel speciation
local
adaptation
hybrid zones
divergence
population

Renaut, S. (author)
Galindo, J. (author)
Pinho, C. (author)
Melo-Ferreira, J. (author)
Melo, M. (author)
Jones, F. (author)
Salzburger, W. (author)
Schluter, D. (author)
Butlin, Roger,1955Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap, Tjärnö marinbiologiska laboratorium,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory(Swepub:gu)xbutro (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap, Tjärnö marinbiologiska laboratorium (creator_code:org_t)

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