Enigmatic flies: Is Drosophila in the "Evolution Canyon" a model for incipient sympathic speciation?

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 507-525

  Korol, Abraham ^a   Rashkovetsky, Eugenia ^a   Novo, Eviatar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Allopatry; Divergent selection; Drosophila; Speciation; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; DIVERGENCE; FLY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; MOUNT CARMEL;

DROSOPHILA SIMULANS;

EID: 35548940328     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE_52_3-4_507     Document Type: Conference Paper

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