Tuesday, May 25, 2010

When can ecological speciation be detected with neutral loci?

In this paper we test the statistical power of using neutral markers to infer ecological speciation. We find that this method is powerful only in a limited number of cases, namely when migration is intermediate and selection is strong.

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  1. This paper is recommended by F1000: http://f1000biology.com/article/id/4937963

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