Ecological speciation in a generalist consumer expands the trophic niche of a dominant predator
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08263-9
Abstract: Ecological speciation – whereby an ancestral founder species diversifies to fill vacant niches – is a phenomenon characteristic of newly formed ecosystems. Despite such ubiquity, ecosystem-level effects of such divergence remain poorly understood. Here, we… read more here.
Keywords: trophic niche; ecological speciation; speciation generalist; niche ... See more keywords
Adaptation and ecological speciation in seasonally varying environments at high latitudes: Drosophila virilis group
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DOI: 10.1080/19336934.2021.2016327
Abstract: ABSTRACT Living in high latitudes and altitudes sets specific requirements on species’ ability to forecast seasonal changes and to respond to them in an appropriate way. Adaptation into diverse environmental conditions can also lead to… read more here.
Keywords: drosophila virilis; adaptation; high latitudes; ecological speciation ... See more keywords
Learning‐induced host preference in male parasitoid wasps as a potential driver of ecological speciation
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DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13363
Abstract: Ecological speciation via a host shift plays an important role in the diversification of phytophagous and parasitic insects. However, it is not clear how separation is maintained among initial populations in which genetic separation mechanisms… read more here.
Keywords: ecological speciation; host species; preference; induced host ... See more keywords
Isolation by distance, not incipient ecological speciation, explains genetic differentiation in an Andean songbird (Aves: Furnariidae: Cranioleuca antisiensis, Line‐cheeked Spinetail) despite near threefold body size change across an environmental gradient
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.14429
Abstract: During the process of ecological speciation, reproductive isolation results from divergent natural selection and leads to a positive correlation between genetic divergence and adaptive phenotypic divergence, that is, isolation by adaptation (IBA). In natural populations,… read more here.
Keywords: ecological speciation; distance; differentiation; isolation ... See more keywords
Bacterial Diversification in the Light of the Interactions with Phages: The Genetic Symbionts and Their Role in Ecological Speciation
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DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00006
Abstract: Phages have a major impact on microbial populations. In this work, we discuss how predation, transduction, lysogeny, and phage domestication lead to symbio-centric genomic interactions between bacteria and phage, ranging from antagonistic to mutualistic. Furthermore,… read more here.
Keywords: bacterial diversification; ecological speciation; light interactions; diversification light ... See more keywords
Adaptive Divergence without Distinct Species Relationships Indicate Early Stage Ecological Speciation in Species of the Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum Complex Endemic to Taiwan
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DOI: 10.3390/plants11091226
Abstract: The testing association of environmental variables with genetic and epigenetic variation could be crucial to deciphering the effects of environmental factors playing roles as selective drivers in ecological speciation. Although ecological speciation may occur in… read more here.
Keywords: adaptive divergence; ecological speciation; species relationships; speciation ... See more keywords