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ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2020

The importance of intrinsic postzygotic barriers throughout the speciation process.

Jenn M Coughlan, Daniel R Matute

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Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

93 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jenn M CoughlanDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina, 120 South Road, Coker Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Daniel R MatuteDepartment of Biology, University of North Carolina, 120 South Road, Coker Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intrinsic postzygotic barriers can play an important and multifaceted role in speciation, but their contribution is often thought to be reserved to the final stages of the speciation process. Here, we review how intrinsic postzygotic barriers can contribute to speciation, and how this role may change through time. We outline three major contributions of intrinsic postzygotic barriers to speciation. (i)

Indexed as

Gene FlowGenetic SpeciationReproductive IsolationModels, GeneticSympatrygenetic incompatibilitiesintrogressionrapid evolutionreinforcement

Identifiers

PMID32654642
PMCPMC7423280

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