A5093950404- Plant and animal studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Genetic diversity and population structure
University of Helsinki
2024-2025
Abstract Speciation research—the scientific field focused on understanding the origin and diversity of species—has a long complex history. While relevant to one another, specific goals activities speciation researchers are highly diverse, scattered across collection different perspectives. Thus, our will benefit from efforts bridge findings diverse people who do work. In this paper, we outline two ways integrating research: (i) integration, through bringing together ideas, data, approaches;...
Ants are among the most abundant terrestrial animals and play key roles in ecosystems across globe. Their taxonomic ecological diversity makes them a prime taxon for contributing to our understanding of patterns processes speciation.However, studies often do not explicitly link their results broader framework speciation reproductive isolation. Here we combine macroevolutionary work on ant diversification with microevolutionary isolation hybridization review what is known about speciation. We...
Abstract A current goal of speciation research is to identify the loci underlying reproductive barriers between species. Locating such barrier in empirical data difficult due often complex demographic history diverged taxa and heterogeneity evolutionary forces across genome. Here we take advantage a natural case hybridization two wood ant species ( Formica aquilonia F. polyctena ) regions reduced long-term gene flow using demographically explicit scans non-admixed genomes. In addition...