Sean Stankowski

The paper describes homoploid hybrid speciation in a beetle species complex with no obvious phenotypic or ecological differences, showing hybrid lineage origins from historical admixture and supporting an ancient origin.

This study shows that hybrid wood ants outperform their parent species in warming climates and have expanded their range northward due to climate change.

The paper analyzes replicate flower color hybrid zones in Antirrhinum to identify loci associated with gene flow barriers using haplotagging, FST scans, and genealogical methods.

The paper examines flower colour clines in a hybrid zone of Antirrhinum majus, finding that long-distance dispersal, not linkage disequilibrium, shapes the stepped cline patterns.

The paper predicts rapid temporal adaptation in marine snails using spatial genetic and phenotypic variation from a 30-year transplant experiment, finding observed changes align with predictions.

The paper identifies 12 chromosomal inversions that strongly couple reproductive barriers between ecotypes of Littorina fabalis, maintaining genetic integrity despite hybridization.

The paper integrates top-down and bottom-up approaches to study speciation in a monkeyflower hybrid zone, finding that reproductive isolation involves widespread genomic barriers and polygenic traits.

The paper uses geographic cline analysis to study genome-wide divergence in Mimulus aurantiacus ecotypes, finding that outlier loci are scattered and linked to pollinator-mediated divergence.