Evolution: Anti-speciation in Walking Sticks

The interplay between selection and genetic exchange at a color locus between populations of Timema walking sticks acts as an anti-speciation phenotype. This actively counteracts speciation and offers a general mechanism to explain the porous nature of species boundaries. The interplay between selec...

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Published in:Current biology 2015-08, Vol.25 (16), p.R726-R728
Main Author: Rogers, Sean M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Female
Genetic Speciation
Insecta - physiology
Male
Polymorphism, Genetic
Reproductive Isolation
Selection, Genetic
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Summary:The interplay between selection and genetic exchange at a color locus between populations of Timema walking sticks acts as an anti-speciation phenotype. This actively counteracts speciation and offers a general mechanism to explain the porous nature of species boundaries. The interplay between selection and genetic exchange at a color locus between populations of Timema walking sticks acts as an anti-speciation phenotype. This actively counteracts speciation and offers a general mechanism to explain the porous nature of species boundaries.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.072