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Adaptive introgression reveals the genetic basis of a sexually selected syndrome in wall lizards.
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- Cessation of Gene Flow Associated With the Reduction of a Sexually Selected Phenotype in the Island Stag Beetle.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Neural crest cell biology shapes lizard skull evolution across evolutionary time scales.Evolution letters · 2026Article
- Enrichment of Neural Crest Cells by Antibody Labeling and Flow Cytometry for Single-Cell Transcriptomics in a Lizard.Evolution & development · 2026Article
- Surviving the Squeeze: Genomic Analysis of a Successful Invasion by European Common Wall Lizards (Podarcis muralis) in North America (Ohio, USA).Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Cryptic Ontogenetic Changes in the Ventral Coloration of a Color Polymorphic Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis).Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology · 2026Article
- Genomic Analysis of Hair Sheep From West/Central Africa Reveals Unique Genetic Diversity and Ancestral Links to Breed Formation in the Caribbean.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- Spatiotemporal distribution of neural crest cells in the common wall lizard Podarcis muralis.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2025Article
- Mallard Hybridization With Domesticated Lineages Alters Spring Migration Behavior and Timing.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Developmental bias as a cause and consequence of adaptive radiation and divergence.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Review
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Abstract
The joint expression of particular colors, morphologies, and behaviors is a common feature of adaptation, but the genetic basis for such "phenotypic syndromes" remains poorly understood. Here, we identified a complex genetic architecture associated with a sexually selected syndrome in common wall lizards, by capitalizing on the adaptive introgression of coloration and morphology into a distantly related lineage. Consistent with the hypothesis that the evolution of phenotypic syndromes in vertebrates is facilitated by developmental linkage through neural crest cells, most of the genes associated with the syndrome are involved in neural crest cell regulation. A major locus was a ~400-kb region, characterized by standing structural genetic variation and previously implied in the evolutionary innovation of coloration and beak size in birds. We conclude that features of the developmental and genetic architecture contribute to maintaining trait integration, facilitating the extensive and rapid introgressive spread of suites of sexually selected characters.
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