Have We Ever Seen A New Species Arise? - 12 Days Of Evolution #5

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London Underground mosquitoes:

Byrne, Katharine, and Richard A. Nichols. "Culex pipiens in London Underground tunnels: differentiation between surface and subterranean populations." Heredity 82.1 (1999): 7-15.
http://jacques.janin.free.fr/forum/CULEX.pdf

Other witnessed speciation events:

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/speciation.html
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-speciation.html#part5
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/evolution-watching-speciation-occur-observations/
http://www.wired.com/2009/11/speciation-in-action/
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/090301_cichlidspeciation
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/news/100201_speciation


LEARN MORE:

I *highly* recommend these books:

“Undeniable” by Bill Nye http://amzn.to/1TK3wZs
“Why Evolution Is True” by Jerry Coyne http://amzn.to/1TK3zV3

WEBSITES/TEACHING RESOURCES:

- Berkeley’s “Understanding Evolution” http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/home.php
- The National Center for Science Education http://ncse.com/


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