Rapid Speciation Characterized by Incomplete Lineage Sorting in the Globally Distributed Bacterium Sulfitobacter
X. Wang, K. Uematsu, H. Nakamura, T. Akita, K. Kimura, G. Li, X. Lin, D. Zhang, X.-H. Zhang, C. Sun, I. Obernosterer, Y. Tomaru, Z. Shao, C. R. Voolstra, H. Innan, H. Luo
The paper identifies incomplete lineage sorting in Sulfitobacter, a marine bacterium, showing rapid speciation driven by ancestral polymorphism retention rather than adaptive selection.
bioRxiv · Jun 15, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology