Five questions on ecological speciation addressed with individual-based simulations

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-123

  Thibert Plante, X ^a   Hendry, A P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological speciation; Gene flow; Individual based modelling; Selection against hybrids; Selection against migrants; Sexual preference

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 58149089334     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01627.x     Document Type: Article

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