Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionelle et Evolutive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, 34293, France.
Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2020 Nov;35(11):968-971. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.08.001. Epub 2020 Aug 29.
Speciation is a fundamental process shaping biodiversity. However, existing empirical methods often cannot provide key genetic and functional details required to validate speciation theory. New gene modification technologies can verify the causal functionality of genes with astonishing accuracy, helping resolve questions about how reproductive isolation evolves during speciation.
物种形成是塑造生物多样性的一个基本过程。然而,现有的经验方法往往无法提供验证物种形成理论所需的关键遗传和功能细节。新的基因修饰技术可以极其准确地验证基因的因果功能,有助于解决在物种形成过程中生殖隔离如何进化的问题。