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Evolutionary Biology
Reports from McGill University highlight recent research in evolutionary biology
February 6th, 2009
"We use an individual-based simulation model to investigate factors influencing progress toward ecological speciation. We find that environmental differences can quickly lead to the evolution of substantial reproductive barriers between a population colonizing a new environment and the ancestral population in the old environment," scientists in Montreal, Canada report. "Natural selection against immigrants and hybrids was a major contributor to this isolation, but the evolution of sexual preference was also important. Increasing dispersal had both positive and negative effects on population size in the new environment and had positive effects on natural selection against...
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Source: Energy and Ecology (2009-02-06)
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