Journal Club 10/30: Genetics of Speciation I

We will now shift the focus of Journal Club to the genetic mechanisms of speciation.  We will read Coyne & Orr 1989 about the patterns of speciation in Drosophila and Allen’s 1995 paper about the evolution of hybrid incompatibilities.

-Coyne, J.A and H.A. Orr. 1989. Patterns of speciation in Drosophila. Evolution 43:2

-Orr, H.A. 1995. The population genetics of speciation: The evolution of hybrid incompatibles. Genetics 139:4