Speciation

Catherine L Peichel; Daniel I Bolnick; Åke Brännström; Ulf Dieckmann; Rebecca J Safran

doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a041735

Speciation

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2024 Jun 10:a041735. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041735. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Catherine L Peichel¹, Daniel I Bolnick², Åke Brännström^{3

4

5}, Ulf Dieckmann^{6

5

7}, Rebecca J Safran⁸

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland catherine.peichel@unibe.ch daniel.bolnick@uconn.edu ake.brannstrom@umu.se ulf.dieckmann@oist.jp rebecca.safran@colorado.edu.
² Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043, USA catherine.peichel@unibe.ch daniel.bolnick@uconn.edu ake.brannstrom@umu.se ulf.dieckmann@oist.jp rebecca.safran@colorado.edu.
³ Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden catherine.peichel@unibe.ch daniel.bolnick@uconn.edu ake.brannstrom@umu.se ulf.dieckmann@oist.jp rebecca.safran@colorado.edu.
⁴ Complexity Science and Evolution Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 904-0495 Okinawa, Japan.
⁵ Advancing Systems Analysis Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria.
⁶ Complexity Science and Evolution Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 904-0495 Okinawa, Japan catherine.peichel@unibe.ch daniel.bolnick@uconn.edu ake.brannstrom@umu.se ulf.dieckmann@oist.jp rebecca.safran@colorado.edu.
⁷ Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 240-0193 Kanagawa, Japan.
⁸ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0334, USA catherine.peichel@unibe.ch daniel.bolnick@uconn.edu ake.brannstrom@umu.se ulf.dieckmann@oist.jp rebecca.safran@colorado.edu.

PMID: 38858075
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041735

Abstract

What drives the emergence of new species has fascinated biologists since Darwin. Reproductive barriers to gene flow are a key step in the formation of species, and recent advances have shed new light on how these are established. Genetic, genomic, and comparative techniques, together with improved theoretical frameworks, are increasing our understanding of the underlying mechanisms. They are also helping us forecast speciation and reveal the impact of human activity.

Publication types

Editorial