Population Differentiation and Species Formation in the Deep Sea: The Potential Role of Environmental Gradients and Depth

• Main Authors: Jennings, RM, Etter, RJ, Ficarra, L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Animals; Atlantic Ocean; Bayes Theorem; Bivalvia; Cell Nucleus; DNA; Mitochondrial; Ecosystem; Gene Flow; Genetic Speciation; Genetic Variation; Multilocus Sequence Typing; Phylogeny; Jennings; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/5363

Ecological speciation probably plays a more prominent role in diversification than previously thought, particularly in marine ecosystems where dispersal potential is great and where few obvious barriers to gene flow exist. This may be especially true in the deep sea where allopatric speciation seems...