Divergence with gene flow as facilitated by ecological differences: Within-island variation in Darwin's finches

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1543, 2010, Pages 1041-1052

  De León, Luis Fernando ^a,b   Bermingham, Eldredge ^b   Podos, Jeffrey ^c   Hendry, Andrew P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Darwin's finches; Disruptive selection; Ecological speciation; Gene flow; Reproductive isolation; Sympatric speciation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRIDIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SONGBIRD; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS];

FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA FORTIS; GEOSPIZA FULIGINOSA; GEOSPIZA MAGNIROSTRIS;

EID: 77950827620     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0314     Document Type: Article

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