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Genomics and the origin of species

  • Ole Seehausen
  • , Roger K Butlin
  • , Irene Keller
  • , Catherine E Wagner
  • , Janette W Boughman
  • , Catherine L Peichel
  • , Paul A Hohenlohe
  • , Glenn-Peter Saetre
  • , Claudia Bank
  • , Ake Brännström
  • , Alan Brelsford
  • , Chris S Clarkson
  • , Fabrice Eroukhmanoff
  • , Jeffrey L Feder
  • , Martin C Fischer
  • , Andrew D Foote
  • , Paolo Franchini
  • , Chris D Jiggins
  • , Felicity C Jones
  • , Anna K Lindholm
  • Kay Lucek, Martine E Maan, David A Marques, Simon H Martin, Blake Matthews, Joana I Meier, Markus Möst, Michael W Nachman, Etsuko Nonaka, Diana J Rennison, Julia Schwarzer, Eric T Watson, Anja M Westram, Alex Widmer
  • University of Copenhagen
  • Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society Tübingen
  • University of Zürich
  • University of Sheffield
  • ETH Zürich
  • University of Bern
  • University of Texas, Arlington
  • University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Umea University
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of Cambridge
  • Michigan State University
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle,
  • University of Idaho
  • University of Oslo
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  • University of Lausanne
  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
  • University of Notre Dame, Indiana
  • Center for Ecology, Evolution and Biogeochemistry, Kastanienbaum
  • University of Groningen
  • Cambridge University
  • University of Konstanz

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Abstract

Speciation is a fundamental evolutionary process, the knowledge of which is crucial for understanding the origins of biodiversity. Genomic approaches are an increasingly important aspect of this research field. We review current understanding of genome-wide effects of accumulating reproductive isolation and of genomic properties that influence the process of speciation. Building on this work, we identify emergent trends and gaps in our understanding, propose new approaches to more fully integrate genomics into speciation research, translate speciation theory into hypotheses that are testable using genomic tools and provide an integrative definition of the field of speciation genomics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)176-92
Number of pages17
JournalNature Reviews Genetics
Volume15
Issue number3
Early online date18 Feb 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Biodiversity
  • Genomics
  • Models, Genetic

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