ReviewEvolutionary applications2016
What can be learnt from a snail?
Review in Evolutionary applications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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- Chromosome-scale Genome Assembly of the Rough Periwinkle Littorina saxatilis.Genome biology and evolution · 2024Article
- Temporal stability and directional change in a color cline of a marine snail from NW Spain.Current zoology · 2024Article
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- Genetic architecture of repeated phenotypic divergence in Littorina saxatilis ecotype evolution.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2022Article
- Linking ecology, morphology, and metabolism: Niche differentiation in sympatric populations of closely related species of the genusEcology and evolution · 2021Article
- Genetic variation for adaptive traits is associated with polymorphic inversions inEvolution letters · 2021Article
- Primary hybrid zone formation in Tephroseris helenitis (Asteraceae), following postglacial range expansion along the central Northern Alps.Molecular ecology · 2021Article
- Divergence together with microbes: A comparative study of the associated microbiomes in the closely related Littorina species.PloS one · 2021Article
- Founder effects and species introductions: A host versus parasite perspective.Evolutionary applications · 2020Article
- Is embryo abortion a post-zygotic barrier to gene flow between Littorina ecotypes?Journal of evolutionary biology · 2020Article
- Genomic architecture of parallel ecological divergence: Beyond a single environmental contrast.Science advances · 2019Article
- Shell morphology and color of the subtidal whelkEcology and evolution · 2018Article
- A revision of the genusAnimal cells and systems · 2018Article
- Adaptation to dislodgement risk on wave-swept rocky shores in the snail Littorina saxatilis.PloS one · 2017Article
- HacDivSel: Two new methods (haplotype-based and outlier-based) for the detection of divergent selection in pairs of populations.PloS one · 2017Article
- Women in evolution - highlighting the changing face of evolutionary biology.Evolutionary applications · 2016Article
- Historical Biogeography of the Marine Snail Littorina saxatilis Inferred from Haplotype and Shell Morphology Evolution in NW Spain.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
The marine snail Littorina saxatilis is a common inhabitant of intertidal shores of the north Atlantic. It is amazingly polymorphic and forms reproductively isolated ecotypes in microhabitats where crabs are either present and wave action is less furious, or where waves are strong and crabs are absent. Decades of research have unveiled much of the ecological and demographic context of the formation of crab- and wave-ecotype snails showing important phenotypic differences being inherited, differential selection being strong over adjacent microhabitats, local dispersal being restricted, and long-distance transports of individuals being rare. In addition, strong assortative mating of ecotypes has been shown to include a component of male mate preference based on female size. Several studies support ecotypes being diverged locally and under gene flow in a parallel and highly replicated fashion. The high level of replication at various levels of independence (from local to pan-European scale) provides excellent opportunities to investigate the detailed mechanisms of microevolution, including the formation of barriers to gene flow. Current investigations benefit from a draft reference genome and an integration of genomic approaches, modelling and experiments to unveil molecular and ecological components of speciation and their interactions.
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