Journal of Heredity Advance Access originally published online on February 24, 2005
Journal of Heredity 2005 96(4):470-471; doi:10.1093/jhered/esi047
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Speciation
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Jerry A. Coyne and H. Allen Orr.
Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts. 2004. 545 pp. $89.95.
What is a species? How do new species arise? How central is the role of natural selection in the speciation process? How quickly can new species appear, and how long can species last without changing? Ever since Darwin, biologists have wrestled with these questions. Now, with our ability to examine entire genomes and to manipulate the genes that are actually involved in speciation, we are beginning to
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