Historical contingency and ecological determinism interact to prime speciation in sticklebacks, Gasterosteus

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Summary

Sympatric sticklebacks provide an example of adaptive radiation by determinism contingent upon historical conditions promoting unique ecological interactions, and illustrate how contingency and determinism may interact to generate geographical variation in species diversity.

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2000-12-07
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Keywords

Sympatric speciation, Biology, Gasterosteus, Ecology, Evolutionary biology

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