Sir
Butlin and Tregenza1 quite rightly recognize Dobzhansky's contribution to the debate about whether natural selection can act directly to increase the reproductive isolation of incipient species1,2. We should remember, however, the source of this insight in the work of Alfred Russel Wallace3. Verne Grant has proposed that the phenomenon of reinforcement should be named in his honour the ‘Wallace Effect’4,5.
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Murray, J. Natural name selection. Nature 388, 710 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/41866
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