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Rapid speciation with gene flow following the formation of Mt. Etna.
Genome biology and evolution - 1 Jan 2013
Osborne Owen G, Batstone Thomas E, Hiscock Simon J, Filatov Dmitry A
Abstract excerpt
Environmental or geological changes can create new niches that drive ecological species divergence without the immediate cessation of gene flow. However, few such cases have been characterized. On a recently formed volcano, Mt. Etna, Senecio aethnensis and S. chrysanthemifolius inhabit contrasting environments of high and low altitude, respectively. They have very distinct phenotypes, despite hybridizing...
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