We report genome sequences of 17 inbred strains of laboratory mice and identify almost ten
times more variants than previously known. We use these genomes to explore the …

Levels of recombination vary among species, among chromosomes within species, and
among regions within chromosomes in mammals. This heterogeneity may affect levels of …

Identifying genomic locations that have experienced selective sweeps is an important first step
toward understanding the molecular basis of adaptive evolution. Using statistical methods …

Hybridization among diverging lineages is common in nature. Genomic data provide a special
opportunity to characterize the history of hybridization and the genetic basis of speciation. …

Population genetics theory supplies powerful predictions about how natural selection interacts
with genetic linkage to sculpt the genomic landscape of nucleotide polymorphism. Both …

Tests for incongruence as an indicator of among-data partition conflict have played an important
role in conditional data combination. When such tests reveal significant incongruence, …

Recently diverged taxa may continue to exchange genes. A number of models of speciation
with gene flow propose that the frequency of gene exchange will be lower in genomic …

A complete understanding of the speciation process requires the identification of genomic
regions and genes that confer reproductive barriers between species. Empirical and …

Hybrid zones between closely related species or subspecies provide useful settings for
studying the genetic architecture of speciation. Using markers distributed throughout the mouse …

Hybrids between species provide information about the evolutionary processes involved in
divergence. In addition to creating hybrids in the laboratory, biologists can take advantage of …