New analysis uses network theory to model speciation
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 18:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The diversity of the biological world is astounding. How do new species arise? In the traditional view, most speciation events occur under special circumstances, when a physical barrier arises and divides a population into groups that can no longer interbreed. The populations diverge genetically and eventually cant interbreed even if the barrier disappears.