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Karyotypic diversity and speciation in Agrodiaetus butterflies.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Mar 2007
Kandul Nikolai P, Lukhtanov Vladimir A, Pierce Naomi E
Abstract excerpt
That chromosomal rearrangements may play an important role in maintaining postzygotic isolation between well-established species is part of the standard theory of speciation. However, little evidence exists on the role of karyotypic change in speciation itself--in the establishment of reproductive barriers between previously interbreeding populations. The large genus Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) provides...
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