title: Genetics and speciation.
abstract: Called the "mystery of mysteries" by Darwin, speciation is still a little-understood area of evolution. Genetic analysis, however, has yielded new generalizations about speciation and suggests promising avenues of research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Coyne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001717:Birds; D004330:Drosophila; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D007246:Infertility / Q000235:genetics; D007915:Lepidoptera; D008322:Mammals; D008957:Models, Genetic; D012641:Selection, Genetic