Ring distributions leading to species formation: a global topographic analysis of geographic barriers associated with ring species

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In the mid 20<sup>th </sup>century, Ernst Mayr and Theodosius Dobzhansky championed the significance of circular overlaps or ring species as the perfect demonstration of speciation, yet in the over 50 years since, only a...

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Main Authors: Monahan William B, Pereira Ricardo J, Wake David B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/10/20