Assessing the origin of species in the genomic era
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Correspondence: Leonie C Moyle lmoyle@indiana.edu
Center for Population Biology, 2320 Storer Hall, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Current address: Department of Biology, 1001 East Third Street, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
Genome Biology 2005, 6:217 doi:10.1186/gb-2005-6-4-217
Published: 31 March 2005Abstract
Advances in genomics have rapidly accelerated research into the genetics of species differences, reproductive isolating barriers, and hybrid incompatibility. Recent genomic analyses in Drosophila species suggest that modified olfactory cues are involved in discrimination that is reinforced by natural selection.