POST-MATING REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION IN PSEUDOPHRYNE AND THE EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE OF HYBRID ZONES

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WOODRUFF, DS
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[1] Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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10.1126/science.203.4380.561
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Hybrid zones involving Pseudophryne (Anura: Leptodactylidae) provide direct evidence for the operation of postmating reproductive isolating mechanisms in animals in a natural situation. Significant introgression is prevented by hybrid inviability but there is no evidence for the reinforcement of premating isolating mechanisms. These parapatric hybrid zones are of unknown etiology, but are interpreted as being relatively old and persistent. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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