Divergent dynamics of sexual and habitat isolation at the transition between stick insect populations and species

Abstract Speciation is often viewed as a continuum along which populations diverge until they become reproductively-isolated species. However, such divergence may be heterogeneous, proceeding in fits and bursts, rather than being uniform and gradual. We show in Timema stick insects that one componen...

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Main Authors: Patrik Nosil, Zachariah Gompert, Daniel J. Funk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46294-9