Sympatric speciation: when is it possible in bacteria?

According to theory, sympatric speciation in sexual eukaryotes is favored when relatively few loci in the genome are sufficient for reproductive isolation and adaptation to different niches. Here we show a similar result for clonally reproducing bacteria, but which comes about for different reasons....

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Main Authors: Jonathan Friedman, Eric J Alm, B Jesse Shapiro
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/4fa480a5149f43eb9af24de0917211fe
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