Conditions for neutral speciation via isolation by distance

• Published in: Journal of theoretical biology Vol. 335; pp. 51 - 56
• Main Authors: Baptestini, Elizabeth M., de Aguiar, Marcus A.M., Bar-Yam, Yaneer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 21.10.2013
• Subjects: Assorative mating; Biological Evolution; Computer Simulation; evolution; females; Hermafroditic model; hermaphroditism; Isolation by distance; males; Models, Genetic; Neutral speciation; new species; population structure; reproductive isolation; Sex-separated model; Isolation by distance; Assorative mating; Sex-separated model; Hermafroditic model; Neutral speciation

The branching of new species from an ancestral population requires the evolution of reproductive isolation between groups of individuals. Geographic separation of sub-populations by natural barriers, if sustained for sufficiently long times, may lead to the accumulation of independent genetic change...