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Incipient sympatric speciation in wild barley caused by geological-edaphic divergence.
Life science alliance - 1 Dec 2020
Li Kexin, Ren Xifeng, Song Xiaoying, Li Xiujuan, Zhou Yu, Harlev Eli, Sun Dongfa, Nevo Eviatar
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Sympatric speciation (SS) has been contentious since the idea was suggested by Darwin. Here, we show in wild barley SS due to geologic and edaphic divergence in "Evolution Plateau," Upper Galilee, Israel. Our whole genome resequencing data showed SS separating between the progenitor old Senonian chalk and abutting derivative young Pleistocene basalt wild barley populations. The basalt wild barley species unfolds...
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