Haplotype tagging sheds light on speciation between two divergent cryptic species of the brown algae Ectocarpus
Cécile Molinier, Lauric Reynes, Yingguang Frank Chan, Marek Kučka, Jérôme Coudret, Remy Luthringer, Fabian B. Haas, Akira F. Peters, Alejandro E. Montecinos, Marie‐Laure Guillemin, Christophe Destombe, Susana M. Coelho, Myriam Valéro, Agnieszka P. Lipinska
The paper uses linked-read whole-genome data to study reproductive isolation and hybridization patterns between two cryptic brown algal species, revealing polygenic genome-wide barriers to gene flow.
bioRxiv · May 7, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology