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Rapid speciation in a newly opened postglacial marine environment, the Baltic Sea.
BMC evolutionary biology - 31 Mar 2009
Pereyra Ricardo T, Bergström Lena, Kautsky Lena, Johannesson Kerstin
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BACKGROUND: Theory predicts that speciation can be quite rapid. Previous examples comprise a wide range of organisms such as sockeye salmon, polyploid hybrid plants, fruit flies and cichlid fishes. However, few studies have shown natural examples of rapid evolution giving rise to new species in marine environments. RESULTS: Using microsatellite markers, we show the evolution of a new species of brown macroalga...
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