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ArticleEvolution letters2026

A standardised framework for classifying estimates of reproductive isolation.

Jonah M Walker, Christopher R Cooney, Jonna Kulmuni, Konrad Lohse, Joana I Meier, Richard M Merrill, Elizabeth Scordato, Carole M Smadja, Sonal Singhal, Roger K Butlin and 1 more

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Jonah M WalkerDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7355-3130
Christopher R CooneyEcology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Bioscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4872-9146
Jonna KulmuniInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8852-0793
Konrad LohseInstitute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9918-058X
Joana I MeierDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7726-2875
Richard M MerrillDivision of Evolutionary Biology, LMU Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4527-9298
Elizabeth ScordatoDepartment of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, PomonaUnited States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-8280
Carole M SmadjaInstitut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (ISEM), Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7285-1408
Sonal SinghalDepartment of Biology, California State University-Dominguez Hills, Carson, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5407-5567
Roger K ButlinEcology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Bioscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4736-0954
Sean StankowskiDepartment of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, LondonUnited Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0472-9299

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Abstract

Understanding reproductive isolation (RI) between lineages is a central goal of speciation research. While the strength of RI has been estimated across a broad range of taxa, synthesizing these data remains challenging, partially because we lack a common language for classifying and reporting RI estimates. Here, we present the

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