Genomics of Speciation
Abstract
Advances in genomics and in our ability to analyse and interpret genomic data have revolutionized our understanding of how new species arise (Bock et al. 2023; Seehausen et al. 2014). These developments have also democratized the study of speciation by enabling research on long-lived organisms, those difficult to culture in laboratory or greenhouse settings, or those that are challenging to mate (Delmore et al. 2024). Here, we first describe major insights into speciation enabled by genomic approaches, many of which are further illuminated by the 51 papers published in this special issue. We then discuss unresolved questions raised in the special issue. Lastly, we identify promising areas for future research, considering both notable gaps in our understanding of speciation and emerging technological and analytical tools that will help us fill some of these gaps and open new avenues of inquiry.
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BibTeX
@article{wang2026genomics,
title = {{Genomics of Speciation}},
author = {Ji Wang and Zhiqin Long and Daniel Ortiz‐barrientos and Samridhi Chaturvedi and Mitch Cruzan and Brent Emerson and Deyan Ge and Tatiana Giraud and Shotaro Hirase and Kaichi Huang and Kotaro Kagawa and Haiwei Luo and Yanhua Qu and Suhua Shi and Clement K M Tsui and John Welch and Loren H Rieseberg},
journal = {Molecular Ecology},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1111/mec.70566},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05805644v1},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Genomics of Speciation
AU - Ji Wang
AU - Zhiqin Long
AU - Daniel Ortiz‐barrientos
AU - Samridhi Chaturvedi
AU - Mitch Cruzan
AU - Brent Emerson
AU - Deyan Ge
AU - Tatiana Giraud
AU - Shotaro Hirase
AU - Kaichi Huang
AU - Kotaro Kagawa
AU - Haiwei Luo
AU - Yanhua Qu
AU - Suhua Shi
AU - Clement K M Tsui
AU - John Welch
AU - Loren H Rieseberg
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/06
JO - Molecular Ecology
DO - 10.1111/mec.70566
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05805644v1
AB - Advances in genomics and in our ability to analyse and interpret genomic data have revolutionized our understanding of how new species arise (Bock et al. 2023; Seehausen et al. 2014). These developments have also democratized the study of speciation by enabling research on long-lived organisms, those difficult to culture in laboratory or greenhouse settings, or those that are challenging to mate (Delmore et al. 2024). Here, we first describe major insights into speciation enabled by genomic approaches, many of which are further illuminated by the 51 papers published in this special issue. We then discuss unresolved questions raised in the special issue. Lastly, we identify promising areas for future research, considering both notable gaps in our understanding of speciation and emerging technological and analytical tools that will help us fill some of these gaps and open new avenues of inquiry.
SN - 0962-1083
SN - 1365-294X
ER -