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Putting the biological species concept to the test: using mating networks to delimit species.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2013

Lagache Lélia, Leger Jean-Benoist, Daudin Jean-Jacques, Petit Rémy J, Vacher Corinne

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Although interfertility is the key criterion upon which Mayr's biological species concept is based, it has never been applied directly to delimit species under natural conditions. Our study fills this gap. We used the interfertility criterion to delimit two closely related oak species in a forest stand by analyzing the network of natural mating events between individuals. The results reveal two groups of...

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PMID: 23818990
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068267
PMCID: PMC3688613

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