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How Important Is Sexual Isolation to Speciation?
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology - 1 Apr 2024
Shaw Kerry L, Cooney Christopher R, Mendelson Tamra C, Ritchie Michael G, Roberts Natalie S, Yusuf Leeban H
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A central role for sexual isolation in the formation of new species and establishment of species boundaries has been noticed since Darwin and is frequently emphasized in the modern literature on speciation. However, an objective evaluation of when and how sexual isolation plays a role in speciation has been carried out in few taxa. We discuss three approaches for assessing the importance of sexual isolation...
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