Ecotone—Speciation Prone?
Abstract Fish in cold arctic lakes and in muggy tropical ones have spawned new species because these biotopes offered more niches than a single fish could fill. Monophagous insects have done the same with the abundance of different host plants on offer. This is sympatric speciation in its purest for...
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Oxford University PressOxford
2001
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198503934.003.0009 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52330201/isbn-9780198503934-book-part-9.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract Fish in cold arctic lakes and in muggy tropical ones have spawned new species because these biotopes offered more niches than a single fish could fill. Monophagous insects have done the same with the abundance of different host plants on offer. This is sympatric speciation in its purest form: first there was a homogeneous gene pool spread over a varied habitat, then the gene pool started to curdle and got lumpy. |
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