Geometry and stability of species complexes: larger species speciate less often
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| author | Lambert, Amaury Schertzer, Emmanuel Wenzel, Yannic |
| author_facet | Lambert, Amaury Schertzer, Emmanuel Wenzel, Yannic |
| contents | Species complexes are groups of closely related populations exchanging genes through dispersal. We study the dynamics of the structure of species complexes in a class of metapopulation models where demes can exchange genetic material through migration and diverge through the accumulation of new mutations. Importantly, we model the ecological feedback of differentiation on gene flow by assuming that the success of migrations decreases with genetic distance, through a specific function $h$. We investigate the effects of metapopulation size on the coherence of species structures, depending on some mathematical characteristics of the feedback function $h$. Our results suggest that with larger metapopulation sizes, species form increasingly coherent, transitive, and uniform entities. We conclude that the initiation of speciation events in large species requires the existence of idiosyncratic geographic or selective restrictions on gene flow. |
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| spellingShingle | Geometry and stability of species complexes: larger species speciate less often Lambert, Amaury Schertzer, Emmanuel Wenzel, Yannic Populations and Evolution Probability Species complexes are groups of closely related populations exchanging genes through dispersal. We study the dynamics of the structure of species complexes in a class of metapopulation models where demes can exchange genetic material through migration and diverge through the accumulation of new mutations. Importantly, we model the ecological feedback of differentiation on gene flow by assuming that the success of migrations decreases with genetic distance, through a specific function $h$. We investigate the effects of metapopulation size on the coherence of species structures, depending on some mathematical characteristics of the feedback function $h$. Our results suggest that with larger metapopulation sizes, species form increasingly coherent, transitive, and uniform entities. We conclude that the initiation of speciation events in large species requires the existence of idiosyncratic geographic or selective restrictions on gene flow. |
| title | Geometry and stability of species complexes: larger species speciate less often |
| topic | Populations and Evolution Probability |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.22784 |