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Large ‐scale phylogeographic study of the cosmopolitan aphid pest Brachycaudus helichrysi reveals host plant associated lineages that evolved in allopatry
Many cosmopolitan plant‐eating insect species comprise reproductively isolated population clusters that exhibit contrasting biological (e.g. life cycle) and ecological (e.g. host plant association) characteristics. Phylogeographical studies can untangle such complexities and shed light on the evolutionary forces that drove the divergence between population clusters. In the present study, we investigated the phylogeography of the leaf curl plum aphid (Brachycaudus helichrysi), a cosmopolitan pest of Prunus orchards. Using a combination of DNA markers on a set of specimens sampled worldwide, we confirmed the existence of t...
Source: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - September 6, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Megan Popkin, Josephine Piffaretti, Anne ‐Laure Clamens, Ge‐Xia Qiao, Jing Chen, Renaud Vitalis, Flavie Vanlerberghe‐Masutti, Rakesh K. Gupta, Malik Lamaari, Olivier Langella, Armelle Coeur d'acier, Emmanuelle Jousselin Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Environmental drivers of body size variation in the lesser treefrog (Dendropsophus minutus) across the Amazon ‐Cerrado gradient
Environmental variation between habitats may impose divergent selection pressures resulting in phenotypic divergence that can lead to reproductive isolation, especially if these same traits are favoured by sexual selection. Anuran body size is an important trait in male mating success and can affect the spectral traits of calls that female frogs use in mate choice. Environmental differences in water availability and temperature influence anuran body size and may result in reproductive incompatibility between populations. We investigated the importance of environmental differences between the Amazon and the Cerrado in drivi...
Source: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - September 6, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Hilton M. Oyamaguchi, Edvagner Oliveira, Thomas B. Smith Tags: Short Research Article Source Type: research

No universal differences between female and male eukaryotes: anisogamy and asymmetrical female meiosis
We previously showed that, across eukaryotes, universal differences do not exist between diploid females and males; hence, in the present study, we examine haploid stages. Unlike animal sperm, flowering plant sperm have nuclear pores, and so cannot be used to distinguish haploid females from males. Female and male gametes are not complementary: eggs and can fertilize eggs, whereas sperm can fertilize sperm, in some taxa. One sex of gametes is not universally parasitic on the other. Commonly held differences between eggs and sperm (e.g. only eggs, and not sperm, are large, long‐lived, and immobile) do not apply to many eu...
Source: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - September 6, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Root Gorelick, Jessica Carpinone, Lindsay Jackson Derraugh Tags: Review Source Type: research

Speciation through the looking ‐glass
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Source: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - September 4, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Felix Vaux, Steven A. Trewick, Mary Morgan ‐Richards Source Type: research

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Source: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - September 4, 2016 Category: Research Source Type: research

Species, lineages, splitting, and divergence: why we still need ‘anagenesis’ and ‘cladogenesis’
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Source: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - September 1, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Warren D. Allmon Source Type: research

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Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Ahead of Print. (Source: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society)
Source: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - September 1, 2016 Category: Research Source Type: research

Archipelago ‐wide survey of Philippine forest dragons (Agamidae: Gonocephalus): multilocus phylogeny uncovers unprecedented levels of genetic diversity in a biodiversity hotspot
We present the first survey of genetic lineage diversity, coupled with an archipelago‐wide clarification of geographical structure in a unique archipelago‐endemic radiation. Philippine Gonocephalus have previously escaped the attention of biogeographers as a result of the taxonomic confusion associated with low numbers of preserved specimens in museum collections. With new vouchered material and genetic sampling from a comprehensive, archipelago‐wide vertebrate biodiversity inventory, our findings join many recent studies in highlighting the unprecedented faunal diversity in one of the world's most unique biodiversit...
Source: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - August 31, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Luke J. Welton, Cameron D. Siler, L. L. Grismer, Arvin C. Diesmos, Jack W. Sites, Rafe M. Brown Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Exploring the different facets of plant endemism in the South ‐Eastern Carpathians: a manifold approach for the determination of biotic elements, centres and areas of endemism
In the European Alpine System, the Carpathian Mountains are recognized as one of the major centres of diversity and endemism. In the present study, we aimed to explain the spatial structure of plant endemism in its South‐Eastern subunit by the complementary use of diversity indices, parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE), biotic element analysis (BEA), and barrier analysis. We analyzed the available information on 111 plant taxa confined to the South‐Eastern Carpathians, mapped using two different sets of operational geographical units (OGUs): 71 geomorphological units and 64 quadrats. Our results showed that centres o...
Source: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - August 31, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Bogdan ‐Iuliu Hurdu, Tania Escalante, Mihai Pușcaș, Andrew Novikoff, László Bartha, Niklaus E. Zimmermann Tags: Original Article Source Type: research