Ecological disruptive selection acting on quantitative loci can drive sympatric speciation

Abstract The process of speciation generates biodiversity. According to the null model of speciation, barriers between populations arise in allopatry, where, prior to biology, geography imposes barriers to gene flow. On the other hand, sympatric speciation requires that the process of speciation hap...

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Main Authors: Pavithra Venkataraman, Supreet Saini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:npj Systems Biology and Applications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41540-024-00332-w