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Allopatric Speciation and Interspecific Gene Flow Driven by Niche Conservatism of Diploderma Tree Lizards in Taiwan.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2025
Lin Tzong-Han, Shen Zong-Yu, Chou Ming-Hsun, Sun Pei-Wei, Shen Chin-Chia, Huang Jen-Pan, Lin Si-Min
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Allopatric speciation is a widely accepted hypothesis for species distributed across geographic barriers. Meanwhile, niche conservatism, the tendency of species to retain their ancestral ecological traits, helps reinforce genetic differentiation by stabilising species distributions over time and reducing the role of competition in shaping range boundaries. In contrast, hybridisation can occur at the edges of...
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