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Stick insect genomes reveal natural selection's role in parallel speciation.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 16 May 2014
Soria-Carrasco Víctor, Gompert Zachariah, Comeault Aaron A, Farkas Timothy E, Parchman Thomas L, Johnston J Spencer, Buerkle C Alex, Feder Jeffrey L, Bast Jens, Schwander Tanja, Egan Scott P, Crespi Bernard J, Nosil Patrik
Abstract excerpt
Natural selection can drive the repeated evolution of reproductive isolation, but the genomic basis of parallel speciation remains poorly understood. We analyzed whole-genome divergence between replicate pairs of stick insect populations that are adapted to different host plants and undergoing parallel speciation. We found thousands of modest-sized genomic regions of accentuated divergence between populations,...
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