Selection against accumulating mutations in niche-preference genes can drive speciation.

Our current understanding of sympatric speciation is that it occurs primarily through disruptive selection on ecological genes driven by competition, followed by reproductive isolation through reinforcement-like selection against inferior intermediates/heterozygotes. Our evolutionary model of select...

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Main Authors: Niclas Norrström, Wayne M Getz, Noél M A Holmgren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3246506?pdf=render