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Both geography and ecology contribute to mating isolation in guppies.
PloS one - 15 Dec 2010
Schwartz Amy K, Weese Dylan J, Bentzen Paul, Kinnison Michael T, Hendry Andrew P
Abstract excerpt
Local adaptation to different environments can promote mating isolation--either as an incidental by-product of trait divergence, or as a result of selection to avoid maladaptive mating. Numerous recent empirical examples point to the common influence of divergent natural selection on speciation based largely on evidence of strong pre-mating isolation between populations from different habitat types. Accumulating...
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