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What do we need to know about speciation
Roger K. Butlin,Allan Debelle,Claudius Kerth,Rhonda R. Snook,Leo W. Beukeboom,Ruth F Castillo Cajas,Wenwen Diao,Martine E. Maan,Silvia Paolucci,Franz J. Weissing,Louis van de Zande,Anneli Hoikkala,Elzemiek Geuverink,Jackson H. Jennings,Maaria Kankare,K. Emily Knott,Venera Tyukmaeva,Christos Zoumadakis,Michael G. Ritchie,Daniel Barker,Elina Immonen,Mark Kirkpatrick,Mohamed A. F. Noor,Constantino Macías Garcia,Thomas Schmitt,Menno Schilthuizen +25 more
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A distillation of questions about the mechanisms of speciation, the genetic basis of speciating and the relationship between speciation and diversity are presented.Abstract:
Speciation has been a major focus of evolutionary biology research in recent years, with many important advances. However, some of the traditional organising principles of the subject area no longer provide a satisfactory framework, such as the classification of speciation mechanisms by geographical context into allopatric, parapatric and sympatry classes. Therefore, we have asked where speciation research should be directed in the coming years. Here, we present a distillation of questions about the mechanisms of speciation, the genetic basis of speciation and the relationship between speciation and diversity. Our list of topics is not exhaustive; rather we aim to promote discussion on research priorities and on the common themes that underlie disparate speciation processes.read more
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Cryptic species as a window into the paradigm shift of the species concept
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