Speciation in caves: Experimental evidence that permanent darkness promotes reproductive isolation

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 909-912

  Riesch, Rüdiger ^a,b   Plath, Martin ^c   Schlupp, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cave fauna; Ecological speciation; Lifehistory evolution; Local adaptation; Poecilia mexicana

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOTIC FACTOR; CAVE; CYPRINID; DARK; DIVERGENCE; ECOTYPE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITISM; PREDATION; REARING; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

EID: 82455175825     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0237     Document Type: Article

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