A. Blanckaert

In search of the Goldilocks zone for hybrid speciation II: hard times for hybrid speciation?

The paper models how population size, linkage architecture, and incompatibility strength affect hybrid speciation and extinction risk in hybrid populations.

Supergene degeneration opposes polymorphism: The curious case of balanced lethals

This study uses simulations to explore how mutation accumulation and asymmetric degradation affect the stability of supergene polymorphisms and the emergence of balanced lethal systems.

Deleterious Mutation Accumulation and the Long-Term Fate of Chromosomal Inversions

This study uses simulations to show that recessive deleterious mutations accumulate in chromosomal inversions, leading to fitness decline and non-adaptive divergence, but can be halted by haplotype branching.

The limits to parapatric speciation 3: Evolution of strong reproductive isolation in presence of gene flow despite limited ecological differentiation.

The paper investigates how strong reproductive isolation can evolve with gene flow and limited ecological differentiation using models of local adaptation and Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities.

In search of the Goldilocks zone for hybrid speciation

This paper investigates the conditions under which hybrid speciation can occur through reciprocal sorting of genetic incompatibilities, identifying a 'Goldilocks zone' for specific linkage architectures and recombination rates.

Conflict between heterozygote advantage and hybrid incompatibility in haplodiploids (and sex chromosomes)

The paper models hybrid incompatibility and heterozygote advantage in haplodiploid species, showing how these factors lead to sexual conflict and different population outcomes.