The balanced lethal system in Triturus newts originated in an instantaneous speciation event.
James France, Manon Chantal de Visser, Jan W. Arntzen, Wiesław Babik, Milena Cvijanović, Ana Ivanović, Jeramiah J. Smith, Tijana Z. Vučić, Ben Wielstra
The paper identifies a balanced lethal system in Triturus newts as arising from a single macromutation causing instantaneous speciation.
bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology