• DOI:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1956.tb02825.x
Corpus ID: 87729275

SELECTION FOR SEXUAL ISOLATION WITHIN A SPECIES

@article{Knight1956SELECTIONFS,
  title={SELECTION FOR SEXUAL ISOLATION WITHIN A SPECIES},
  author={G. R. Knight and A. Robertson and C. Waddington},
  journal={Evolution},
  year={1956},
  volume={10}
}

G. R. Knight, A. Robertson, C. Waddington

Published 1956

Biology

Evolution

Two mechanisms have been advanced for the origin of reproductive isolation between species. Muller (1939), dealing in the main with barriers to crossing in the later stages of species divergence, such as hybrid inviability and infertility, suggests that these arise almost by chance as a product of change in the genetic background either by genetic drift or as adaptation to different biological situations. This would lead to accelerating divergences as the process continues. or, as Muller puts… CONTINUE READING

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