Topology Testing and Demographic Modeling Illuminate a Novel Speciation Pathway in the Greater Caribbean Sea Following the Formation of the Isthmus of Panama
B. M. Titus, L. Gibbs, N. Simoes, M. Daly
The paper uses genomic data and demographic modeling to show that the closure of the Isthmus of Panama and Gulf Stream strengthening 3.5 million years ago drove a novel speciation pathway in the Pedersons cleaner shrimp species complex.
bioRxiv · Jan 22, 2021Evolutionary Biology