Recombination rate variation and speciation: Theoretical predictions and empirical results from rabbits and mice

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1587, 2012, Pages 409-421

  Nachman, Michael W ^a   Payseur, Bret A ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Background selection; Gene flow; Genetic hitchhiking; Mus musculus; Oryctolgaus cuniculus

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LAGOMORPH; MIGRATION; POLYMORPHISM; PREDICTION; RODENT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

EID: 84255162277     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0249     Document Type: Review

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