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One of my favorite examples of speciation. Ring species! The Ensatina genus of salamanders has evolved around outskirts of the California Central Valley. Each species is capable of reproduction with the neighboring species, but the two southern most species on each side of the valley are incapable of reproducing with one another. So we can see a speciation event in action here! Genetic Drift, Evolutionary Biology, Ap Biology, Learn Something New Everyday, Salamanders, Teaching Biology, Zoology, Lizards, Online Teaching

One of my favorite examples of speciation. Ring species! The Ensatina genus of salamanders has evolved around outskirts of the California Central Valley. Each species is capable of reproduction with the neighboring species, but the two southern most species on each side of the valley are incapable of reproducing with one another. So we can see a speciation event in action here!

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Researchers have developed what can be described as the first precision gene editing tool for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). This new tool is different from the well-known CRISPR/Cas9 method of gene editing and should make the study of mitochondrial biol...

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