Synergism of natural selection and introgression in the origin of a new species

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 671-681

  Grant, Peter R ^a   Rosemary Grant, B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character displacement; Darwin's finches; Gal pagos; Hybrid speciation; Lorenzian imprinting; Population variation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; DROUGHT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MORTALITY; NEW SPECIES; SONGBIRD; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYNERGISM;

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

ANIMAL; BEAK; DROUGHT; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION; FINCH; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BEAK; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DROUGHTS; ECUADOR; FINCHES; GENETIC SPECIATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84898885893     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675496     Document Type: Article

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