Mitochondrial capture misleads about ecological speciation in the Daphnia pulex complex.

The North American ecological species Daphniapulicaria and Daphniapulex are thought to have diverged from a common ancestor by adaptation to sympatric but ecologically distinct lake and pond habitats respectively. Based on mtDNA relationships, European D. pulicaria is considered a different species...

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Main Authors: Silvia Marková, France Dufresne, Marina Manca, Petr Kotlík
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3711805?pdf=render