Rapid speciation in a newly opened postglacial marine environment, the Baltic Sea

• Published in: BMC Evolutionary Biology
• Main Authors: Kautsky Lena, Bergström Lena, Pereyra Ricardo T, Johannesson Kerstin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2009
• Subjects: Evolution; QH359-425; Sockeye; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-70; https://doaj.org/article/81814a193511451aa6508cef3c88fa1b

Abstract Background Theory predicts that speciation can be quite rapid. Previous examples comprise a wide range of organisms such as sockeye salmon, polyploid hybrid plants, fruit flies and cichlid fishes. However, few studies have shown natural examples of rapid evolution giving rise to new species...