TY - JOUR
T1 - Speciation by symbiosis
AU - Brucker, Robert M.
AU - Bordenstein, Seth R.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Drs. Patrick Abbot and Dan Funk for providing helpful feedback on the manuscript. We are grateful to the anonymous reviewers and Dr. Paul Craze for providing helpful comments. We apologize to our colleagues for not being able to include all possible references owing to citation restrictions. This work was supported by NSF award DEB 1046149 and a Vanderbilt Discovery Grant to SRB.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - In the Origin of Species, Darwin struggled with how continuous changes within a species lead to the emergence of discrete species. Molecular analyses have since identified nuclear genes and organelles that underpin speciation. In this review, we explore the microbiota as a third genetic component that spurs species formation. We first recall Ivan Wallin's original conception from the early 20th century on the role that bacteria play in speciation. We then describe three fundamental observations that justify a prominent role for microbes in eukaryotic speciation, consolidate exemplar studies of microbe-assisted speciation and incorporate the microbiota into classic models of speciation.
AB - In the Origin of Species, Darwin struggled with how continuous changes within a species lead to the emergence of discrete species. Molecular analyses have since identified nuclear genes and organelles that underpin speciation. In this review, we explore the microbiota as a third genetic component that spurs species formation. We first recall Ivan Wallin's original conception from the early 20th century on the role that bacteria play in speciation. We then describe three fundamental observations that justify a prominent role for microbes in eukaryotic speciation, consolidate exemplar studies of microbe-assisted speciation and incorporate the microbiota into classic models of speciation.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tree.2012.03.011
DO - 10.1016/j.tree.2012.03.011
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22541872
AN - SCOPUS:84863547434
SN - 0169-5347
VL - 27
SP - 443
EP - 451
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
IS - 8
ER -