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Ecological and Mutation-Order Speciation in Senecio.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2025
James Maddie E, Melo Maria C, Roda Federico, Bernal-Franco Diana, Wilkinson Melanie J, Walter Gregory M, Liu Huanle, Engelstädter Jan, Ortiz-Barrientos Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Natural selection shapes how new species arise, yet the mechanisms that generate reproductive barriers remain actively debated. Although ecological divergence in contrasting environments and mutation-order processes in similar environments are often viewed as distinct speciation mechanisms, we show they can occur simultaneously and act as part of a continuum of selective pressures. In the Senecio lautus species...
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- Senecio
- Genetic Speciation
- Reproductive Isolation
- Selection, Genetic
- Mutation
- Ecosystem