Ideally, speciation genomic studies ought to be based ... the generality of identified candidates in different genotypic backgrounds. It can also help to judge whether differentiation builds ...

Overall, the current rate of plant speciation could be hundreds or thousands times higher the natural background rate, he estimated. Meanwhile, human hunting and harvesting may be accelerating the ...

Today, biologists are much more knowledgeable about this process, which they call “speciation.” Here’s what you need to know about speciation, and about the primary pathways of this process, known as ...

Since Darwin's study of the Galapagos Islands, archipelagos have played a central role in understanding how new species evolve from existing ones (speciation). Islands epitomize allopatric ...

Hybrid speciation is quite rare in animals, but it does occur naturally. In this scenario, the resulting hybrid population is an independent new species that is reproductively isolated from both ...

The biological equivalent is "allopatric speciation," an evolutionary process in which one species divides into two because the original homogenous population has become separated and both groups ...

Titled "Factors influencing progress toward sympatric speciation," the paper appears in today's edition of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology. New species more commonly occur when plants or ...

Butterfly Speciation Event Recreated Date: June 16, 2006 Source: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Summary: New evidence for homoploid hybrid speciation in animals is presented in the June ...

Indeed, the Galapagos have been called a living laboratory where speciation can be seen at work. A few million years ago, one species of finch migrated to the rocky Galapagos from the mainland of ...

New species can form astonishingly quickly — or the process can take eons. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Charles Darwin ...