?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.208903&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Investigating+incipient+speciation+in+the+widespread+freshwater+shrimp%2C+Paratya+australiensis+(Kemp+1917)&rft.creator=Irvine%2C+Mitchell&rft.subject=Speciation&rft.subject=Atyidae&rft.subject=Hybridisation&rft.subject=Shrimp&rft.subject=Mate+Choice&rft.subject=Mate+Recognition&rft.subject=Reproductive+Barriers&rft.subject=Reproductive+Isolation&rft.subject=Paratya+australiensis&rft.subject=Speciation&rft.description=While+the+notion+of+species+is+central+to+our+understanding+of+biological+processes%2C+it+has+been+impossible+to+arrive+at+a+consensus+regarding+a+single%2C+widely+applicable+or+functional+concept.+This+project+provides+insight+into+the+progression+through+the+speciation+process+by+a+widespread+species+of+freshwater+shrimp%2C+Paratya+australiensis.+Using+mate+choice+experiments+and+genetic+analysis%2C+multiple+reproductive+barriers+were+identified+indicating+strong+divergence+between+two+populations.+These+barriers+are+consistent+with+requirements+for+species+separation+under+various+species+concepts%2C+providing+strong+evidence+to+support+taxonomic+revision+of+this+cryptic+species+complex.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2021&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F208903%2F1%2FMitchell_Irvine_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.208903&rft.relation=Irvine%2C+Mitchell+(2021)+Investigating+incipient+speciation+in+the+widespread+freshwater+shrimp%2C+Paratya+australiensis+(Kemp+1917).+Master+of+Philosophy+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F208903%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Science%3B+School+of+Biology+%26+Environmental+Science