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Published online 25 May 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news000525-11
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The chromosome shuffle
Shuffling chromosomes could be a way to promote speciation: the origin and diversification of new species. But there's more to it than that, says Henry Gee.
The formation of two separate species from a single ancestor, and the subsequent maintenance of these new species without hybridization, is a central problem in evolutionary biology. The availability of entire genomes in a range of organisms could help address the problem, as E.
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