Effective population size may limit the power of laboratory experiments to demonstrate sympatric and parapatric speciation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1443, 2000, Pages 601-606

  Ödeen, Anders ^a   Florin, Ann Britt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Inbreeding; Parapatric speciation; Selection intensity; Sympatric speciation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; INBREEDING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0034701186     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1044     Document Type: Article

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