Mechanisms of species divergence through visual adaptation and sexual selection：Perspectives from a cichlid model system
The theory of ecological speciation suggests that assortative mating evolves most easily when mating preferences are directly linked to ecological traits that are subject to divergent selection. Sensory adaptation can play a major role in this process, because selective mating is often mediated by s...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010-06-01
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| Series: | Current Zoology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11490 |