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Contrasting signatures of genomic divergence during sympatric speciation by Kautt, Andreas F., Kratochwil, Claudius F., Nater, Alexander, Machado-Schiaffino, Gonzalo, Olave, Melisa, Henning, Frederico, Torres-Dowdall, Julián, Härer, Andreas, Hulsey, C. Darrin, Franchini, Paolo, Pippel, Martin, Myers, Eugene W., Meyer, Axel

“…The transition from ‘well-marked varieties’ of a single species into ‘well-defined species’—especially in the absence of geographic barriers to gene flow…”
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Early stages of sympatric homoploid hybrid speciation in crater lake cichlid fishes by Olave, Melisa, Nater, Alexander, Kautt, Andreas F., Meyer, Axel

“…Homoploid hybrid speciation (i.e., hybrid speciation without a change in ploidy) has traditionally been considered to be rare in animals. Only few accepted…”
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Genome sequences reveal global dispersal routes and suggest convergent genetic adaptations in seahorse evolution by Li, Chunyan, Olave, Melisa, Hou, Yali, Qin, Geng, Schneider, Ralf F., Gao, Zexia, Tu, Xiaolong, Wang, Xin, Qi, Furong, Nater, Alexander, Kautt, Andreas F., Wan, Shiming, Zhang, Yanhong, Liu, Yali, Zhang, Huixian, Zhang, Bo, Zhang, Hao, Qu, Meng, Liu, Shuaishuai, Chen, Zeyu, Zhong, Jia, Zhang, He, Meng, Lingfeng, Wang, Kai, Yin, Jianping, Huang, Liangmin, Venkatesh, Byrappa, Meyer, Axel, Lu, Xuemei, Lin, Qiang

“…Seahorses have a circum-global distribution in tropical to temperate coastal waters. Yet, seahorses show many adaptations for a sedentary, cryptic lifestyle:…”
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Phylogenomics of a putatively convergent novelty: did hypertrophied lips evolve once or repeatedly in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes? by Darrin Hulsey, C, Zheng, Jimmy, Holzman, Roi, Alfaro, Michael E, Olave, Melisa, Meyer, Axel

“…Phylogenies provide critical information about convergence during adaptive radiation. To test whether there have been multiple origins of a distinctive trophic…”
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Digest: Liolaemus lizards as an emerging model system to study hybridization as a driver of rapid radiations by Olave, Melisa

“…Recent perspectives on speciation genomics emphasize the pivotal role of hybridization in driving rapid radiations. The Liolaemus lizard genus displays…”
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Implementing Large Genomic Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Data Sets in Phylogenetic Network Reconstructions: A Case Study of Particularly Rapid Radiations of Cichlid Fish by Olave, Melisa, Meyer, Axel

“…The Midas cichlids of the Amphilophus citrinellus spp. species complex from Nicaragua (13 species) are an extraordinary example of adaptive and rapid radiation…”
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How important is it to consider lineage diversification heterogeneity in macroevolutionary studies? Lessons from the lizard family Liolaemidae by Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…Macroevolutionary and biogeographical studies commonly apply multiple models to test state‐dependent diversification. These models track the association…”
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Upstream Analyses Create Problems with DNA-Based Species Delimitation by Olave, Melisa, Solá, Eduard, Knowles, L. Lacey

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The South American genus Cnemalobus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cnemalobini): phylogeny and biogeographic analysis with the description of four new species from extra-Andean Patagonian mountains by Griotti, Mariana, Olave, Melisa, Cornejo, Paula, Miras, Diego, Roig-Juñent, Sergio

“…The carabid beetle Cnemalobus Guérin-Ménéville, 1838 inhabits high- and lowland grasslands of southern South America. The highest diversity is found in the…”
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Hybridization could be a common phenomenon within the highly diverse lizard genus Liolaemus by Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…Hybridization is likely to occur more often between closely related taxa that have had insufficient time to diverge to the point of reproductive…”
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Hidden diversity within the lizard genus Liolaemus: Genetic vs morphological divergence in the L. rothi complex (Squamata:Liolaeminae) by Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…[Display omitted] •We study the level of molecular vs. morphological divergence within a lizard species complex.•We detected strong genetic divergence, but…”
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Phylogenomic data resolve higher-level relationships within South American Liolaemus lizards by Morando, Mariana, Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Leaché, Adam D.

“…[Display omitted] •Higher-level phylogenetic relationships in Liolaemus remain poorly resolved.•We used 584 nuclear loci to infer relationships among all major…”
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Evidence of body size and shape stasis driven by selection in Patagonian lizards of the Phymaturus patagonicus clade (Squamata: Liolaemini) by González Marín, Andrea, Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…[Display omitted] •Lack of interspecific morphological but clear genetic differences in the Phymaturus patagonicus clade.•Evidence of natural selection…”
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Model-based approach to test hard polytomies in the Eulaemus clade of the most diverse South American lizard genus Liolaemus (Liolaemini, Squamata) by Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites Jr, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…Lack of resolution in a phylogenetic tree is usually represented as a polytomy, and often adding more data (loci and taxa) resolves the species tree. These are…”
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Detecting hybridization by likelihood calculation of gene tree extra lineages given explicit models by Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Morando, Mariana, Freckleton, Robert

“…Explanations for gene tree discordance with respect to a species tree are commonly attributed to deep coalescence (also known as incomplete lineage sorting…”
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Multilocus phylogeny of the widely distributed South American lizard clade Eulaemus (Liolaemini, Liolaemus) by Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites Jr, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…The lizard genus Liolaemus and different clades within it have been the focus of several recent phylogenetic studies mainly based on morphology and mtDNA…”
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Model-based approach to test hard polytomies in the Eulaemus clade of the most diverse South American lizard genus Liolaemus (Liolaemini, Squamata): Testing Hard Polytomies in Eulaemus lizards by Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

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Corrigendum to "Phylogenomic data resolve higher-level relationships within South American Liolaemus lizards". [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 147 (2020) 106781] by Morando, Mariana, Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J, Sites, Jack W, Leaché, Adam D

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Corrigendum to “Phylogenomic data resolve higher-level relationships within South American Liolaemus lizards”. [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 147 (2020) 106781] by Morando, Mariana, Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Leaché, Adam D.

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Molecular Phylogeny of the Lizard Clade Leiosaurae Endemic to Southern South America by Morando, Mariana, Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Baker, Eric, Sites, Jack W.

“…The clade Leiosaurae currently includes 18 species in the genera Diplolaemus, Leiosaurus, and Pristidactylus. It is mainly distributed in Argentina from 30°…”
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