A new study reveals that behavioral isolation between populations of Bahamas mosquitofish is driven primarily by the actions of females—not just through mating choice behaviors, but also through ...

A new approach to genomic species delineation could impact policy and lend clarity to legislation for designating a species as endangered or at risk. Evolutionary biologists model the process of ...

Speciation is important because it increases biodiversity. A new thesis examines the speciation process in multiple marine species where different populations of the same species might evolve into two ...

It has long been assumed that adaptation to different habitats plays an important role in the evolution of new species. Yet how important this influence truly is – particularly during the initial ...

In Box 4 of their Review 1, Noor and Feder listed ten examples of genes involved in forming a reproductive barrier that could lead to speciation events. The authors wrote: “...we could be surprised in ...

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Co-led by Guojie Zhang from Centre for Evolutionary & Organismal Biology at Zhejiang University, Dong-Dong Wu at Kunming Institute of Zoology, Xiao-Guang Qi at Northwest University, Li Yu at Yunnan ...