Mike Barker<p>A new preprint from the lab testing aspects of a hypothesis that lower chromosome numbers may result from selection to reduce independently assorting incompatibilities. In short, we do not find evidence to support the hypothesis in our analyses. Great work led by PhD student Geoff Finch! </p><p>Post-zygotic reproductive isolation is not correlated with chromosome number in plants</p><p><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.05.573914v1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20</span><span class="invisible">24.01.05.573914v1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/chromosome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chromosome</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/WGD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WGD</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/plantevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plantevolution</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/speciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speciation</span></a></p>