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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Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-03-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/10/20 |