Understanding why some species have more genetic diversity than others is central to the
study of ecology and evolution, and carries potentially important implications for conservation …

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the etiologic agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, a disease
confined to Latin America and of marked importance in the endemic areas due to its frequency …

Genome-scale sequence data have invigorated the study of hybridization and introgression,
particularly in animals. However, outside of a few notable cases, we lack systematic tests for …

Hybrids between species are often sterile or inviable because the long-diverged genomes of
their parents cause developmental problems when they come together in a single individual…

The use of molecular taxonomy for identifying recently diverged species has transformed
the study of speciation in fungi. The pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides spp has been …

Intrinsic postzygotic barriers can play an important and multifaceted role in speciation, but
their contribution is often thought to be reserved to the final stages of the speciation process. …

Over 100 years of studies in Drosophila melanogaster and related species in the genus
Drosophila have facilitated key discoveries in genetics, genomics, and evolution. While high-…

Understanding the phenotypic and molecular mechanisms that contribute to genetic
diversity between and within species is fundamental in studying the evolution of species. In …

Histoplasma capsulatum is a pathogenic fungus that causes life-threatening lung infections.
About 500,000 people are exposed to H. capsulatum each year in the United States, and …

The rate at which speciation occurs varies greatly among different kinds of organisms and is
frequently assumed to result from species- or clade-specific factors that influence the rate at …