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Science 20 October 2000:
Vol. 290. no. 5491, pp. 462 - 463
DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5491.462
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Perspectives

ECOLOGY:
The Rapid Origin of Reproductive Isolation

Nick Barton

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection has long been accepted, but it has not been clear how selection results in reproductive isolation of two populations. In an elegant Perspective, Barton discusses two reports (Higgie et al. and Hendry et al.) showing that selection can cause reproductive isolation between two populations within a dozen or so generations.

The author is at the Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. E-mail: n.barton{at}ed.ac.uk

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