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    Molecular Ecology: Volume 27, Issue 23

    4653-4972
    December 2018
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NEWS AND VIEWS

Perspective

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The role of interspecific hybridization in adaptive potential at range margins

Quentin C. Cronk,  Adriana Suarez-Gonzalez, 
  • Pages: 4653-4656
  • First Published: 18 December 2018

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Population and Conservation Genetics

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Implications of population connectivity studies for the design of marine protected areas in the deep sea: An example of a demosponge from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone

Sergi Taboada,  Ana Riesgo,  Helena Wiklund,  Gordon L. J. Paterson,  Vasiliki Koutsouveli,  Nadiezhda Santodomingo,  Andrew C. Dale,  Craig R. Smith,  Daniel O. B. Jones,  Thomas G. Dahlgren,  Adrian G. Glover, 
  • Pages: 4657-4679
  • First Published: 30 October 2018
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Comparative population genomics reveals key barriers to dispersal in Southern Ocean penguins

Gemma V. Clucas,  Jane L. Younger,  Damian Kao,  Louise Emmerson,  Colin Southwell,  Barbara Wienecke,  Alex D. Rogers,  Charles-André Bost,  Gary D. Miller,  Michael J. Polito,  Patrick Lelliott,  Jonathan Handley,  Sarah Crofts,  Richard A. Phillips,  Michael J. Dunn,  Karen J. Miller,  Tom Hart, 
  • Pages: 4680-4697
  • First Published: 11 October 2018
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Local adaptation of phenology revealed in outcrosses between spawning segments of a salmonid population

Christopher V. Manhard,  Milo D. Adkison,  Jeffrey J. Hard,  William W. Smoker,  Anthony J. Gharrett, 
  • Pages: 4698-4710
  • First Published: 24 October 2018
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Inbreeding tolerance as a pre-adapted trait for invasion success in the invasive ant Brachyponera chinensis

Pierre-André Eyer,  Kenji Matsuura,  Edward L. Vargo,  Kazuya Kobayashi,  Toshihisa Yashiro,  Wataru Suehiro,  Chihiro Himuro,  Tomoyuki Yokoi,  Benoit Guénard,  Robert R. Dunn,  Kazuki Tsuji, 
  • Pages: 4711-4724
  • First Published: 28 October 2018

Ecological Genomics

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Genomic parallelism and lack thereof in contrasting systems of three-spined sticklebacks

Shenglin Liu,  Anne-Laure Ferchaud,  Peter Grønkjær,  Rasmus Nygaard,  Michael M. Hansen, 
  • Pages: 4725-4743
  • First Published: 04 July 2018
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Novel ecological and climatic conditions drive rapid adaptation in invasive Florida Burmese pythons

Daren C. Card,  Blair W. Perry,  Richard H. Adams,  Drew R. Schield,  Acacia S. Young,  Audra L. Andrew,  Tereza Jezkova,  Giulia I.M. Pasquesi,  Nicole R. Hales,  Matthew R. Walsh,  Michael R. Rochford,  Frank J. Mazzotti,  Kristen M. Hart,  Margaret E. Hunter,  Todd A. Castoe, 
  • Pages: 4744-4757
  • First Published: 30 September 2018
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Rapid establishment of a flowering cline in Medicago polymorpha after invasion of North America

Emily E. Helliwell,  Joshua Faber-Hammond,  Zoie C. Lopez,  Aaron Garoutte,  Eric von Wettberg,  Maren L. Friesen,  Stephanie S. Porter, 
  • Pages: 4758-4774
  • First Published: 16 October 2018
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Spatiotemporal variations in microbial diversity across the three domains of life in a tropical thalassohaline lake (Dziani Dzaha, Mayotte Island)

Mylène Hugoni,  Arthur Escalas,  Cécile Bernard,  Sébastien Nicolas,  Didier Jézéquel,  Fanny Vazzoler,  Gerard Sarazin,  Christophe Leboulanger,  Marc Bouvy,  Patrice Got,  Magali Ader,  Marc Troussellier,  Hélène Agogué, 
  • Pages: 4775-4786
  • First Published: 22 October 2018
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Untangling the knots: Co-infection and diversity of Bartonella from wild gerbils and their associated fleas

Ricardo Gutiérrez,  Carmit Cohen,  Ron Flatau,  Evgeniya Marcos-Hadad,  Mario Garrido,  Snir Halle,  Yaarit Nachum-Biala,  Shay Covo,  Hadas Hawlena,  Shimon Harrus, 
  • Pages: 4787-4807
  • First Published: 24 October 2018
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The obligate alkalophilic soda-lake fungus Sodiomyces alkalinus has shifted to a protein diet

Alexey A. Grum-Grzhimaylo,  Daniel L. Falkoski,  Joost van den Heuvel,  Claudio A. Valero-Jiménez,  Byoungnam Min,  In-Geol Choi,  Anna Lipzen,  Chris G. Daum,  Duur K. Aanen,  Adrian Tsang,  Bernard Henrissat,  Elena N. Bilanenko,  Ronald P. de Vries,  Jan A. L. van Kan,  Igor V. Grigoriev,  Alfons J. M. Debets, 
  • Pages: 4808-4819
  • First Published: 28 October 2018

Speciation and Hybridization

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Adaptive introgression and maintenance of a trispecies hybrid complex in range-edge populations of Populus

Vikram E. Chhatre,  Luke M. Evans,  Stephen P. DiFazio,  Stephen R. Keller, 
  • Pages: 4820-4838
  • First Published: 02 August 2018

see also the Perspective by Cronk and Suarez-Gonzalez

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A comparison of genomic islands of differentiation across three young avian species pairs

Darren E. Irwin,  Borja Milá,  David P. L. Toews,  Alan Brelsford,  Haley L. Kenyon,  Alison N. Porter,  Christine Grossen,  Kira E. Delmore,  Miguel Alcaide,  Jessica H. Irwin, 
  • Pages: 4839-4855
  • First Published: 06 September 2018

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Independent homoploid hybrid speciation events in the Macaronesian endemic genus Argyranthemum

Oliver W. White,  Alfredo Reyes-Betancort,  Mark A. Chapman,  Mark A. Carine, 
  • Pages: 4856-4874
  • First Published: 03 October 2018
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Population genomic analysis reveals that homoploid hybrid speciation can be a lengthy process

Dafu Ru,  Yongshuai Sun,  Donglei Wang,  Yang Chen,  Tianjing Wang,  Quanjun Hu,  Richard J. Abbott,  Jianquan Liu, 
  • Pages: 4875-4887
  • First Published: 24 October 2018

Phylogeography

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Evolutionary melting pots and reproductive isolation: A ring-shaped diversification of an odorous frog (Odorrana margaratea) around the Sichuan Basin

Liang Qiao,  Guannan Wen,  Yin Qi,  Bin Lu,  Junhua Hu,  Zhaobin Song,  Jinzhong Fu, 
  • Pages: 4888-4900
  • First Published: 16 October 2018

Ecological Interactions

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Transcriptomic basis for reinforcement of elm antiherbivore defence mediated by insect egg deposition

Simone Altmann,  Jose M. Muino,  Vivien Lortzing,  Ronny Brandt,  Axel Himmelbach,  Lothar Altschmied,  Monika Hilker, 
  • Pages: 4901-4915
  • First Published: 17 October 2018
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Deciphering the drivers of negative species–genetic diversity correlation in Alpine amphibians

Alexis Marchesini,  Cristiano Vernesi,  Andrea Battisti,  Gentile Francesco Ficetola, 
  • Pages: 4916-4930
  • First Published: 22 October 2018
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Climate warming alters the structure of farmland tritrophic ecological networks and reduces crop yield

Stephane A. P. Derocles,  David H. Lunt,  Sophie C. F. Berthe,  Paul C. Nichols,  Ellen D. Moss,  Darren M. Evans, 
  • Pages: 4931-4946
  • First Published: 22 October 2018
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Multiple infections, relatedness and virulence in the anther-smut fungus castrating Saponaria plants

Taiadjana M. Fortuna,  Alice Namias,  Alodie Snirc,  Antoine Branca,  Michael E. Hood,  Christian Raquin,  Jacqui A. Shykoff,  Tatiana Giraud, 
  • Pages: 4947-4959
  • First Published: 29 October 2018
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The endangered northern bettong, Bettongia tropica, performs a unique and potentially irreplaceable dispersal function for ectomycorrhizal truffle fungi

Susan J. Nuske,  Sten Anslan,  Leho Tedersoo,  Mark T. L. Bonner,  Brad C. Congdon,  Sandra E. Abell, 
  • Pages: 4960-4971
  • First Published: 30 October 2018

CORRIGENDUM

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Corrigendum

Taruna Schuelke,  Tiago Jose Pereira,  Sarah M. Hardy,  Holly M. Bik, 
  • Page: 4972
  • First Published: 18 December 2018