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Science 3 May 1996:
Vol. 272. no. 5262, pp. 700 - 701
DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5262.700
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Perspectives

Jerry Coyne

In a paper in this week's issue, Rieseberg et al. (p. 741) examine the formation of a new species of sunflower in real time. In his Perspective, Coyne discusses the importance of this scientist-generated evolution and what it tells us about the process of speciation.

The author is in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, 1101 East 57th Street, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA. E-mail: jcoyne@pondside.uchicago.edu


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