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Persistent inter- and intraspecific gene exchange within a parallel radiation of caterpillar hunter beetles (Calosoma sp.) from the Galápagos.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2015
Hendrickx Frederik, Backeljau Thierry, Dekoninck Wouter, Van Belleghem Steven M, Vandomme Viki, Vangestel Carl
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When environmental gradients are repeated on different islands within an archipelago, similar selection pressures may act within each island, resulting in the repeated occurrence of ecologically similar species on each island. The evolution of ecotypes within such radiations may either result from dispersal, that is each ecotype evolved once and dispersed to different islands where it colonized its habitat, or...
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