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SUBMITTER: Ikeda H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3272566 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ikeda Hiroshi H Nishikawa Masaaki M Sota Teiji T
Nature communications 20120131
The evolution of flight is a key innovation that may enable the extreme diversification of insects. Nonetheless, many species-rich, winged insect groups contain flightless lineages. The loss of flight may promote allopatric differentiation due to limited dispersal power and may result in a high speciation rate in the flightless lineage. Here we show that loss of flight accelerates allopatric speciation using carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae). We demonstrate that flightless species retain h ...[more]