Communications Biology (Feb 2023)

Life on a beach leads to phenotypic divergence despite gene flow for an island lizard

  • Richard P. Brown,
  • Yuanting Jin,
  • Jordan Thomas,
  • Carlo Meloro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04494-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Analyses of colouration, head shape, and genetic markers across pairs of neighbouring beach and inland habitats reveal replicated patterns of morphological divergence in the Madeiran wall lizard, despite gene flow between habitats.