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Delayed prezygotic isolating mechanisms: evolution with a twist.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Apr 2002
Stone J, Björklund M
Abstract excerpt
Assortative mating characterizes the situation wherein reproducing individuals pair according to similarity. Usually, the impetus for this bias is attributed to some type of mate choice conferring benefits (e.g., increased fitness or genetic compatibility) and, thereby, promoting speciation and phenotypic evolution. We investigate, by computer simulation of an evolving deme-structured snail population, the...
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