What do we need to know about speciation?

• Published in: Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 32 - 44
• Main Authors: Butlin, Roger, Debelle, Allan, Kerth, Claudius, Snook, Rhonda R, Beukeboom, Leo W, Castillo Cajas, Ruth F, Diao, Wenwen, Maan, Martine E, Paolucci, Silvia, Weissing, Franz J, van de Zande, Louis, Hoikkala, Anneli, Geuverink, Elzemiek, Jennings, Jackson, Kankare, Maaria, Knott, K Emily, Tyukmaeva, Venera I, Zoumadakis, Christos, Ritchie, Michael G, Barker, Daniel, Immonen, Elina, Kirkpatrick, Mark, Noor, Mohamed, Macias Garcia, Constantino, Schmitt, Thomas, Schilthuizen, Menno
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: allopatry; biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; Biological evolution; biological speciation; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution; Species Specificity; sympatry; Genetics; Biodiversity; Biological evolution; Speciation

Speciation has been a major focus of evolutionary biology research in recent years, with many important advances. However, some of the traditional organising principles of the subject area no longer provide a satisfactory framework, such as the classification of speciation mechanisms by geographical...