L. K. Buie

Hybridization alters the shape of the genotypic fitness landscape, increasing access to novel fitness peaks during adaptive radiation

The paper uses whole-genome sequencing to analyze fitness landscapes in pupfish hybrids, showing introgression and de novo mutations reduce fitness valley ruggedness and enable adaptive walks to novel fitness peaks.

Eukaryotic plankton community stability across reef environments in Bocas del Toro Archipelago (Panama)

The paper examines eukaryotic plankton community stability across reef environments in Bocas del Toro Archipelago, finding that environmental differences do not correlate with community structure, but diel variation and migration do.