The biology of speciation

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-315

  Sobel, James M ^a   Chen, Grace F ^a   Watt, Lorna R ^a   Schemske, Douglas W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological niche modeling; Ecological speciation; Genetic drift; Geographic isolation; Habitat isolation; Isolating barrier; Mutation order; Natural selection; Polyploid speciation; Reciprocal transplants; Reproductive isolation; Uniform selection

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENETIC DRIFT; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MUTATION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MUTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 75149129710     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00877.x     Document Type: Review

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