Article
QTL analysis of a rapidly evolving speciation phenotype in the Hawaiian cricket Laupala.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2007
Shaw Kerry L, Parsons Yvonne M, Lesnick Sky C
Abstract excerpt
In mate recognition systems, the functional necessity to coordinate traits involved in sexual communication should result in reduced pairing potential for new variants outside the distribution of common reproductive signals. Yet, many closely related, sexual species differ in mate recognition traits, suggesting that directional selection influences the divergence of mate recognition systems. Species of the...
Topics
- Animal Communication
- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Genetic Speciation
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Gryllidae
- Hawaii
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Male
