Article
Global patterns of speciation and diversity.
Nature - 16 Jul 2009
de Aguiar M A M, Baranger M, Baptestini E M, Kaufman L, Bar-Yam Y
Abstract excerpt
In recent years, strikingly consistent patterns of biodiversity have been identified over space, time, organism type and geographical region. A neutral theory (assuming no environmental selection or organismal interactions) has been shown to predict many patterns of ecological biodiversity. This theory is based on a mechanism by which new species arise similarly to point mutations in a population without sexual...
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