'Darwin's puddle' shows how new species can emerge without geographic separation
Friday, December 18, 2015 - 05:00
in Biology & Nature
Cichlid fish from a tiny volcanic crater lake in Africa have been caught in the act of sympatric speciation, whereby a new species evolves when there is no geographic barrier to physically separate the new species from the old. The study, led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and co-authored by the University of Bristol, is published today in Science.