Publications by authors named "Edward V Gage"
Article Synopsis
- Recent advancements in genomics and ecological modeling are being used to clarify species boundaries and understand how these boundaries are maintained, specifically in the Speyeria atlantis-hesperis butterfly complex in North America.
- The study utilized DNA sequencing and ecological niche modeling to uncover significant genetic divergences between the species S. atlantis and S. hesperis, as well as within S. hesperis itself, revealing evidence of historical gene flow with another species, S. zerene.
- Results indicate that the three distinct genetic lineages have diverged ecologically, suggesting that differing habitat associations rather than geographical barriers are driving the maintenance of their genomic integrity, leading to the recognition of one lineage, S. nausicaa, as a
