Does character displacement initiate speciation? Evidence of reduced gene flow between populations experiencing divergent selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 854-865

  Rice, A M ^a,b   Pfennig, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Character displacement; Divergent selection; Ecological speciation; Gene flow; Reproductive isolation

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENE FLOW; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; TOAD;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOAD;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANURA; PELOBATIDAE; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 77952486697     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01955.x     Document Type: Article

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