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Copepod incompatibilities

Genomes of eight populations of the copepod Tigriopus californicus show a correlation between rapid mitochondrial evolution and compensatory nuclear evolution, suggesting that mitonuclear incompatibilities might drive speciation in this system.

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Fig. 1: Evolution of mitonuclear incompatibility.

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Hui, J.H.L. Copepod incompatibilities. Nat Ecol Evol 2, 1203–1204 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0615-2

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