THE SUPERSPECIES DROSOPHILA PAULISTORUM
- 1 January 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 51 (1), 3-9
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.51.1.3
Abstract
Drosophila paulistorum is a super species composed of 7 races or incipient species. The interest of the situation lies precisely in that these seven may be considered about equally ligitimately as very distinct races or as very closely related species. Each race inhabits a geographic area different from the others, but the areas of some of the races overlap. Where 2 or more "races" share a common territory, they apparently do not interbreed and thus behave like full-fledged species. However, the transitional race and transitional strains yield fertile hybrids with some other races. Gene flow between the incipient species is therefore possible, although it is questionable whether it is actually taking place.Keywords
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