Doolittle, W. Ford (2018) Speciation without Species: A Final Word. Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology, 11 (014). ISSN 2475-3025

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Here I present the several models currently popular for understanding speciation in prokaryotes, in particular bacteria. I will argue that “speciation”, as a process or collection of independent but interacting processes sometimes serving to form genotypic and/or phenotypic clusters, can be studied effectively without any definition of “species” or any requirement that all prokaryotic lineages match such a definition. This has always been so, but formal acknowledgement would have a freeing effect.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Doolittle, W. Ford ford@dal.ca
Additional Information:	ISSN: 1949-0739 (print)
Keywords:	Bacterial Species; Biological Species Concept ; Ecotype; Gene Transfer; Speciation
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics General Issues > Theory/Observation
Depositing User:	Jordan Miller
Date Deposited:	24 Jul 2020 15:45
Last Modified:	27 Jul 2020 14:23
Item ID:	17661
Journal or Publication Title:	Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology
Official URL:	https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/ptpbio/16039257.0011....
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.3998/ptpbio.16039257.0011.014
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics General Issues > Theory/Observation
Date:	8 June 2018
Volume:	11
Number:	014
ISSN:	2475-3025
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17661

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