Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Evolution Of New Species Slows Down As Number Of Competitors Increases

ScienceDaily -- The rate at which new species are formed in a group of closely related animals decreases as the total number of different species in that group goes up, according to new research.

The research team believes these findings suggest that new species appear less and less as the number of species in a region approaches the maximum number that it can support.

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