Migration and speciation

NaturePublished 2 March 2000Open access

Kevin Winker

DOI10.1038/35003651

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It is proposed that new developments in the theory of sympatric speciation — a process whereby new species can arise through population differentiation without spatial isolation — may help to explain the bursts of speciation observed in some seasonal migrant lineages.

Abstract

Although migration is a common behaviour, the effects of this annual two-way event on the speciation process are poorly understood, even though birds, which are commonly migratory b played a critical role in the development of speciation theory1,2. Here I propose that new developments3,4 in the theory of sympatric speciation — a process whereby new species can arise through population differentiation without spatial isolation — may help to explain the bursts of speciation observed in some seasonal migrant lineages.

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