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Resource partitioning is not coupled with assortative mating in sympatrically divergent ricefish in a Wallacean ancient lake.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Jul 2021
Kakioka Ryo, Sutra Nobu, Kobayashi Hirozumi, Ansai Satoshi, Masengi Kawilarang W A, Nagano Atsushi J, Okuda Noboru, Tanaka Rieko, Sato Masahiro, Yamahira Kazunori
Abstract excerpt
Sympatric speciation is considered to be difficult without the coupling between ecological traits that allow resource partitioning and reproductive traits that allow assortative mating. Such "magic traits" are known to be involved in most of the compelling examples of sympatric speciation. In this study, we report a possible case of sympatric speciation without magic traits. Three species of ricefish (genus...
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