Can genomics shed light on the origin of species?

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Chris D. Jiggins

* E-mail: c.jiggins@zoo.cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Mammalian genomics
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Speciation
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Evolutionary genetics
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Gene flow
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Bird genomics
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DNA recombination
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Evolutionary biology
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Genetic polymorphism
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