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Sexual and postmating reproductive isolation between allopatric Drosophila montana populations suggest speciation potential.
BMC evolutionary biology - 14 Mar 2011
Jennings Jackson H, Mazzi Dominique, Ritchie Michael G, Hoikkala Anneli
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BACKGROUND: Widely distributed species with populations adapted to different environmental conditions can provide valuable opportunities for tracing the onset of reproductive incompatibilities and their role in the speciation process. Drosophila montana, a D. virilis group species found in high latitude boreal forests in Nearctic and Palearctic regions around the globe, could be an excellent model system for...
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