Article
Lacustrine speciation associated with chromosomal inversion in a lineage of riverine fishes.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 29 Jun 2023
MacGuigan Daniel J, Krabbenhoft Trevor J, Harrington Richard C, Wainwright Dylan K, Backenstose Nathan J C, Near Thomas J
Abstract excerpt
Geographic isolation is the primary driver of speciation in many vertebrate lineages. This trend is exemplified by North American darters, a clade of freshwater fishes where nearly all sister species pairs are allopatric and separated by millions of years of divergence. One of the only exceptions is the Lake Waccamaw endemic Etheostoma perlongum and its riverine sister species Etheostoma maculaticeps, which have...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
