News:

The Economic Times: Salamanders need no isolation to evolve into species The New Scientist: Salamanders formed new species despite interbreeding Knoxville News Sentinel: Quarry Found Below Ground Knoxville News Sentinel: Photos NSF News: Interbreeding Between Invasive and Native Salamander Species Creates Hardy Hybrids... LiveScience: Slimy Salamanders Caught Crossbreeding Eureka Alert: UT researcher sheds new light on hybrid animals Tennessee Journalist: Hybrid salamanders raise questions about the future of hybridization Earth News: Salamander study challenges conservation logic Science Daily: Thriving Hybrid Salamanders Contradict Common Wisdom Scientia: UT Biologist Finds New Evidence of Hybrid Animal Success Bio-Medicine: UT researcher sheds new light on hybrid animals Science News 09/22/07: Hybrid power: salamander invader ups survival of rare cousin Dateline UCDAVIS: Surprise: Hybrid salamander species thriving Biology Blog.com: Interbreeding Between Invasive and Native Salamander Species
Figure 1 from Niemiller,          Fitzpatrick, and Miller 2008.	Figure 1 from Miller          and Niemiller 2008.
Figure 1 from Reynolds          and Fitzpatrick 2007.	Barred Tiger Salamander larva           Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium           Photo Credit: Brad Schaffer            (Click to link to photos)

Recent Publications:

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	Niemiller, M. L., Fitzpatrick, B. M. and B. T. Miller. 2008. Recent          divergence with gene flow in Tennessee cave salamanders          (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus) inferred from gene genealogies.          Molecular Ecology 17: 2258-2275.          PDF
	Fitzpatrick, B. M. 2008. Dobzhansky–Muller model of hybrid           dysfunction supported by poor burst-speed performance in hybrid           tiger salamanders Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 342-351.           PDF
	Bolnick, D. I. and B. M. Fitzpatrick 2007. Sympatric speciation: models           and empirical evidence. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and           Systematics 38: 459-487.           PDF
	Fitzpatrick, B. M. and H. B. Shaffer. 2007. Hybrid vigor between           native and introduced salamanders raises new challenges for           conservation. PNAS 104: 15793-15798.           PDF
	Reynolds, R. Graham and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2007. Assortative           mating in poison-dart frogs based on an ecologically important           trait. Evolution. 61: 2253-2259.           PDF
	Fitzpatrick, B. M. and H. B. Shaffer. 2007. Introduction history and          habitat variation explain the landscape genetics of hybrid tiger          salamanders. Ecological Applications. 17: 598-608.          PDF