Selective loss of polymorphic mating types is associated with rapid phenotypic evolution during morphic speciation.

doi:10.1073/pnas.0909480107

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Selective loss of polymorphic mating types is associated with rapid phenotypic evolution during morphic speciation.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2 Mar 2010

Corl Ammon, Davis Alison R, Kuchta Shawn R, Sinervo Barry

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Polymorphism may play an important role in speciation because new species could originate from the distinctive morphs observed in polymorphic populations. However, much remains to be understood about the process by which morphs found new species. To detail the steps of this mode of speciation, we studied the geographic variation and evolutionary history of a throat color polymorphism that distinguishes the...

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Animals
Female
Lizards
Male
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Genetic
Sexual Behavior, Animal

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PMID: 20160090
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909480107
PMCID: PMC2840131

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