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Reproductive isolation between Pogonomyrmex rugosus and two lineages with genetic caste determination.
Ecology - 1 Sept 2006
Cahan Sara Helms, Julian Glennis E, Schwander Tanja, Keller Laurent
Abstract excerpt
Hybrid speciation occurs when combination of two interspecific genomes results in individuals that are of high fitness but reproductively incompatible with the parental species. Although hybrid speciation is a relatively common source of new species in plants, it appears to be a much rarer occurrence in animal taxa. Here we report on reproductive isolation and range overlap between the rough harvester ant...
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