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Phage Evolution and Speciation

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The Bacteriophages

Part of the book series: The Viruses ((VIRS))

Abstract

One of the most important conceptual advances in evolutionary science during this century was the populational definition of the biological species (Mayr, 1969.) A species is defined not by the resemblance of individuals to some type specimen but rather by the cause of that resemblance—their genetic relatedness as members of a closed interbreeding population whose genes can be considered a common pool. Even among sexually reproducing higher eukaryotes, the species thus conceived is an ideal seldom fully realized. Attempts to apply the concept too literally have been justly criticized (Ehrlich and Raven, 1969). Nevertheless, the realization that the essence of speciation lies in reproductive isolation must qualify as one of the major insights in all of biology.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA

    Allan Campbell

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  1. University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA

    Richard Calendar

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Campbell, A. (1988). Phage Evolution and Speciation. In: Calendar, R. (eds) The Bacteriophages. The Viruses. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5424-6_1

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