Bombina bombina and B. variegata are two anciently diverged toad taxa that have adapted
to different breeding habitats yet hybridize freely in zones of overlap where their parapatric …

Background The majority of parthenogenetic vertebrates derive from hybridization between
sexually reproducing species, but the exact number of hybridization events ancestral to …

Retrotransposons comprise a large portion of mammalian genomes. They contribute to structural
changes and more importantly to gene regulation. The expansion and diversification of …

We genotyped multiple populations of all seven parthenogenetic species of rock lizards, genus
Darevskia, as well as their putative sexual parental populations, using double digest RAD…

Large-bodied mole rats (Spalax) are a speciosus genus among obligate subterranean
rodents, with seven currently recognized species, ranging from the Carpathians to the North …

Among vertebrates, obligate parthenogenesis is only found in Squamata, where it always
has a hybrid origin and a few lizard genera contain most of the known hybridogenous …

The spatial and temporal occurrence of cetaceans in the Black Sea and particularly along
its southwestern coastline is poorly studied. Based on a total of 609 encounters, we present …

Asexual proliferation is likely the primary mode of reproduction. It is ubiquitous in bacteria (Koch,
2002) and prevails in unicellular eukaryotes. It does not preclude genetic recombination…

This study clarifies the role of refugia and landscape permeability in the formation of the
current genetic structure of peoples of the Caucasus. We report novel genome-wide data for …

The Anatolian and the Lesser blind mole rats (Nannospalax xanthodon and N. leucodon) are
widely distributed in Anatolia and Thrace and feature remarkable diversity of chromosomal …