ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2024
Coupling of Barriers to Gene Exchange: Causes and Consequences.
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- Rapid genome-wide purging following tsunami-induced hybridization in a stickleback population.Nature ecology & evolution · 2026Article
- Adaptive introgression between two Drosophila species enhances heat tolerance despite barriers to gene flow.PLoS biology · 2026Article
- The Evolution of Reproductive Isolation Beyond a Strong First Barrier in Speciation Between Micro-Allopatric Host Races of a Phytophagous Ladybird Beetle,Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Evolution of genome-wide barriers to gene flow during complex speciation in rattlesnakes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Examining the Role of a Chromosomal Inversion in Accumulating Adaptive and Barrier Loci in a Cold-adapted Insect Species.Genome biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Shared and Unique Patterns of Genomic Differentiation and Introgression Between Japanese Stickleback Species Across Three Sympatric Sites.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Estimation of genome-wide coupling in rattlesnake hybrids provides insight into the process of speciation and its progress.Nature communications · 2025Article
- The Genetics of Host Plant Acceptance in Pea Aphids.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- Pervasive gene flow despite strong and varied reproductive barriers in swordtails.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Article
- Epigenetic variation in light of population genetic practice.Nature communications · 2025Review
- Negative Coupling: The Coincidence of Premating Isolating Barriers Can Reduce Reproductive Isolation.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2024Review
- Pervasive gene flow despite strong and varied reproductive barriers in swordtails.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- How Important Is Sexual Isolation to Speciation?Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2024Review
- Genetic Coupling of Mate Recognition Systems in the Genomic Era.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2024Review
- Structural Variants and Speciation: Multiple Processes at Play.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2024Review
- Quantitative Analyses of Coupling in Hybrid Zones.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Coupling has emerged as a concept to describe the transition from differentiated populations to newly evolved species through the strengthening of reproductive isolation. However, the term has been used in multiple ways, and relevant processes have sometimes not been clearly distinguished. Here, we synthesize existing uses of the concept of coupling and find three main perspectives: (1) coupling as the build-up of linkage disequilibrium among loci underlying barriers to gene exchange, (2) coupling as the build-up of genome-wide linkage disequilibrium, and (3) coupling as the process generating a coincidence of distinct barrier effects. We compare and contrast these views, show the diverse processes involved and the complexity of the relationships among recombination, linkage disequilibrium, and reproductive isolation, and, finally, we emphasize how each perspective can guide new directions in speciation research. Although the importance of coupling for evolutionary divergence and speciation is well established, many theoretical and empirical questions remain unanswered.
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