Speciation and hybridization in invasive fire ants

Abstract Background A major focus of evolutionary biology is the formation of reproductive barriers leading to divergence and ultimately, speciation. Often, it is not clear whether the separation of populations is complete or if there still is ongoing gene flow in the form of rare cases of admixture...

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Main Authors: Pnina Cohen, Eyal Privman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1437-9