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Animal species and evolution

Ernst Mayr
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The article was published on 1963-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 7870 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Species problem.

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Speciation in birds: genes, geography, and sexual selection.

Scott V. Edwards, +6 more
- 03 May 2005 - 
TL;DR: The challenge for ornithologists is to inform well studied examples of speciation in nature with increased molecular resolution—to clone speciation genes if they exist—and thereby evaluate the relative roles of extrinsic, intrinsic, deterministic, and stochastic causes for avian diversification.
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Ecological speciation in phytophagous insects

Kei W. Matsubayashi, +2 more
- 01 Jan 2010 - 
TL;DR: The observation that although numerous different sources of divergent selection and reproductive isolation can be involved in insect speciation, their order of evolution and relative importance are poorly understood is observed, and the genetic basis of host preference and performance can involve loci of major effect and opposing dominance, factors which might facilitate speciation in the face of gene flow.
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Codivergence and multiple host species use by fig wasp populations of the Ficus pollination mutualism.

Michael J. McLeish, +1 more
- 03 Jan 2012 - 
TL;DR: More relaxed pollinating fig wasp host specificity is demonstrated than previously appreciated, which is best explained by a combination of both sympatric and allopatric models of speciation.
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Variation and distribution in the tree‐frog genus Phyllomedusa in Costa Rica, central America

Jay M. Savage, +1 more
- 01 Aug 1967 - 
TL;DR: The characteristics of the flank pattern in the nominal species P. callidryas and P. helenae, utilized by previous authors to separate them, are shown to be subject to individual and geographic variation.
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New perspectives on ecological mechanisms affecting coral recruitment on reefs

Raphael Ritson-Williams, +5 more
TL;DR: This review summarizes existing information on ecological factors affecting scleractinian coral recruitment and suggests that further research on fertilization ecology, connectivity, larval condition, positive and negative cues influencing substrate selection, and post-settlement ecology will be critical to manage these diverse ecosystems for recovery.