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From local adaptation to ecological speciation in copepod populations from neighboring lakes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Barrera-Moreno Omar Alfredo, Ciros-Pérez Jorge, Ortega-Mayagoitia Elizabeth, Alcántara-Rodríguez José Arturo, Piedra-Ibarra Elías
Abstract excerpt
Continental copepods have been derived from several independent invasive events from the sea, but the subsequent evolutionary processes that account for the current diversity in lacustrine environments are virtually unknown. Salinity is highly variable among lakes and constitutes a source of divergent selection driving potential reproductive isolation. We studied four populations of the calanoid copepod...
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