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Swift sympatric adaptation of a species of cattle tick to a new deer host in New Caledonia.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2010
De Meeûs T, Koffi B B, Barré N, de Garine-Wichatitsky M, Chevillon C
Abstract excerpt
The occurrence and frequency of sympatric speciation in natural systems continue to be hotly debated issues in evolutionary biology. This might reflect the timescale over which evolution occurs resulting in there being few compelling observations of the phenomenon (lake fishes, phytophagous insects and Island trees). Despite predictions, few examples of sympatric speciation have been recorded in animal parasites,...
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