incipient species


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incipient species

a population of a species which is approaching the point of genetic isolation from other populations of the same species, though presently capable of interbreeding with them.
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An incipient species is an isolated group of animals presumed to be in the early stages of evolving into a new species.
Erectus experiment: fossil find expands Stone Age anatomy
But the effect on congruence of gene trees and species trees would depend on how speciation occurs; that is, whether the incipient species arises in a geographically localized area or from the whole of the ancestral species population.
Mitochondrial-gene trees versus nuclear-gene trees, a reply to Hoelzer
Further work on other floral characters as well as the soil ecology and population genetics is needed to understand how these incipient species were established and to predict their likely long-term fate.
Sympatric sister species of Californian antirrhinum and their transiently specialized pollinators
In contrast, we present a model in which assortative mating evolves in sympatry, and in which the resultant incipient species coexist.
Sexual selection, space, and speciation
Incipient species, presumably, later became isolated because mate choice was connected either ecologically or genetically to gall location (as with host races; Craig et al.
Larval performance and association within and between two species of hackberry nipple gall insects, Pachypsylla spp. (Homoptera: Psyllidae)
However, as Butlin (1987) noted, reinforcement can support speciation only if postzygotic isolation is not already complete between incipient species.
Incipient reproductive isolation between two sympatric morphs of the intertidal snail Littorina saxatilis
Alternatively, since the total land area of the separate islands is currently much less than that of Maui-nui, and if the periods of island separation were insufficient for complete speciation such that incipient species coalesced when sea levels dropped, fewer species than expected may occur there.
Variation in species diversity and shell shape in Hawaiian land snails: in situ speciation and ecological relationships
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