The evolution of partial reproductive isolation as an adaptive optimum

• Published in: Evolution Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 4 - 14
• Main Authors: Servedio, Maria R., Hermisson, Joachim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley 01.01.2020; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Evolution; Hybridization; models/simulations; Mutation; PERSPECTIVE; Reproductive isolation; Sexual selection; Speciation; models/simulations; reproductive isolation; Hybridization; sexual selection; speciation

Decades of theoretical work on the evolution of adaptive prezygotic isolation have led to an interesting finding—namely that stable partial reproductive isolation is a relatively common outcome. This conclusion is generally lost, however, in the desire to pinpoint when exactly speciation occurs. Her...