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Speciation on a local geographic scale: the evolution of a rare rock outcrop specialist in Mimulus.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 5 Aug 2014
Ferris Kathleen G, Sexton Jason P, Willis John H
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Speciation can occur on both large and small geographical scales. In plants, local speciation, where small populations split off from a large-ranged progenitor species, is thought to be the dominant mode, yet there are still few examples to verify speciation has occurred in this manner. A recently described morphological species in the yellow monkey flowers, Mimulus filicifolius, is an excellent candidate for...
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