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Rapid evolution of reproductive isolation in the wild: evidence from introduced salmon.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 20 Oct 2000
Hendry A P, Wenburg J K, Bentzen P, Volk E C, Quinn T P
Abstract excerpt
Colonization of new environments should promote rapid speciation as a by-product of adaptation to divergent selective regimes. Although this process of ecological speciation is known to have occurred over millennia or centuries, nothing is known about how quickly reproductive isolation actually evolves when new environments are first colonized. Using DNA microsatellites, population-specific natural tags, and...
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