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The relation between range overlap of related species and their molecularly dated time of divergence provides some evidence on the role of geographic versus sympatric speciation (i.e.
Much of the appeal of both reinforcement and sympatric speciation lies in the way they unite micro- and macroevolution.
For their part, Coyne and Orr feel that the prevalence of sympatric speciation is an empirical issue (but a very difficult one), and undertake a broad, detailed review.
Moreover, Coyne and Orr note weaknesses in all three cases, as well as in examples of “host races” that have been advanced as species in statu nascendi . Coyne and Orr's conclusion echoes Gavrilets's: “It is hard to see how the data at hand can justify the current wave of enthusiasm for sympatric speciation” (p.
For example, the sympatric evolution of behavioral isolation by “matching traits” (e.g.