Is the biological species concept showing its age?
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Noor, MAF
Published in: Trends in Ecology and Evolution
April 1, 2002
A recent paper by Chung-I Wu in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology questions the value of the popular biological species concept (BSC) and offers an alternative 'genic' concept based on possessing 'loci of differential adaptation.' Wu suggests that recent empirical results from genetic studies of speciation necessitate this revision. Several prominent evolutionary biologists responded in the same issue, many noting excitement over the recent empirical results, few agreeing with an abandonment of the BSC, and none wholeheartedly embracing the new genic concept.
Duke Scholars
Published In
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
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ISSN
0169-5347
Publication Date
April 1, 2002
Volume
17
Issue
4
Start / End Page
153 / 154
Related Subject Headings
- Evolutionary Biology
- 41 Environmental sciences
- 31 Biological sciences
- 06 Biological Sciences
- 05 Environmental Sciences
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Noor, M. A. F. (2002). Is the biological species concept showing its age? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 17(4), 153–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02452-7
Noor, M. A. F. “Is the biological species concept showing its age?” Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17, no. 4 (April 1, 2002): 153–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02452-7.
Noor MAF. Is the biological species concept showing its age? Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2002 Apr 1;17(4):153–4.
Noor, M. A. F. “Is the biological species concept showing its age?” Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 17, no. 4, Apr. 2002, pp. 153–54. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02452-7.
Noor MAF. Is the biological species concept showing its age? Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2002 Apr 1;17(4):153–154.
Published In
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
DOI
ISSN
0169-5347
Publication Date
April 1, 2002
Volume
17
Issue
4
Start / End Page
153 / 154
Related Subject Headings
- Evolutionary Biology
- 41 Environmental sciences
- 31 Biological sciences
- 06 Biological Sciences
- 05 Environmental Sciences