Simon Baeckens
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Recent Articles
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Banfi F, Meiri S, Shine R, Van Damme R, Baeckens S
Biol Lett
. 2023 Nov;
19(11):20230395.
PMID: 37990563
A phylogenetically diverse minority of snake and lizard species exhibit rostral and ocular appendages that substantially modify the shape of their heads. These cephalic horns have evolved multiple times in...
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Pita-Aquino J, Bock D, Baeckens S, Losos J, Kolbe J
Mol Ecol
. 2023 Sep;
32(20):5558-5574.
PMID: 37698063
Introductions of invasive species to new environments often result in rapid rates of trait evolution. While in some cases these evolutionary transitions are adaptive and driven by natural selection, they...
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Bock D, Baeckens S, Kolbe J, Losos J
Mol Ecol
. 2023 Jul;
33(10):e17075.
PMID: 37489260
Research conducted during the past two decades has demonstrated that biological invasions are excellent models of rapid evolution. Even so, characteristics of invasive populations such as a short time for...
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Shine R, Baeckens S
Evolution
. 2023 Jun;
77(8):1744-1755.
PMID: 37279524
Natural populations can show rapid adaptive responses to intense (human-mediated) environmental change. The potential for exploiting rapidly evolved traits for conservation management has been often discussed but rarely implemented. Capitalizing...
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Baeckens S, Losos J, Irschick D, Kolbe J, Bock D
Evolution
. 2023 Jan;
77(1):123-137.
PMID: 36625679
As anthropogenic activities are increasing the frequency and severity of droughts, understanding whether and how fast populations can adapt to sudden changes in their hydric environment is critically important. Here,...
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Ashton B, Baeckens S
Evolution
. 2023 Jan;
77(2):625-626.
PMID: 36625472
How does ecology influence cognitive evolution in lizards? Taking a comparative approach, De Meester et al. (2022) discovered that species living in temporally fluctuating environments tend to perform relatively poorly...
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Leitao H, Diedericks G, Broeckhoven C, Baeckens S, Svardal H
Genome Biol Evol
. 2023 Jan;
15(2).
PMID: 36624992
Squamates represent a highly diverse and species-rich vertebrate group that is remarkably understudied from a genomic perspective. A scarcity of genomic data is particularly evident for scincomorph lizards, which encompass...
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Goyens J, Baeckens S, Smith E, Pozzi J, Mason M
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol
. 2022 Oct;
208(5-6):627-640.
PMID: 36251041
The vertebrate vestibular system is crucial for balance and navigation, and the evolution of its form and function in relation to species' lifestyle and mode of locomotion has been the...
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Gavriilidi I, De Meester G, Van Damme R, Baeckens S
Biol Lett
. 2022 Apr;
18(4):20220030.
PMID: 35440235
Animals on islands typically depart from their mainland relatives in assorted aspects of their biology. Because they seem to occur in concert, and to some extent evolve convergently in disparate...
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Bock D, Baeckens S, Pita-Aquino J, Chejanovski Z, Michaelides S, Muralidhar P, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2021 Oct;
118(42).
PMID: 34654747
Hybridization is among the evolutionary mechanisms most frequently hypothesized to drive the success of invasive species, in part because hybrids are common in invasive populations. One explanation for this pattern...