Divergent Selection on Opsins Drives Incipient Speciation in Lake Victoria Cichlids
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Divergent Selection on Opsins Drives Incipient Speciation in Lake Victoria Cichlids
Divergent natural selection acting on ecological traits, which also affect mate choice, is a key element of ecological speciation theory, but has not previously been demonstrated at the molecular gene level to our knowledge. Here we demonstrate parallel evolution in two cichlid genera under strong divergent selection in a gene that affects both. Strong divergent natural selection fixed opsin pr...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Biology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040433