Article
Genomic linkage of male song and female acoustic preference QTL underlying a rapid species radiation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 16 Jun 2009
Shaw Kerry L, Lesnick Sky C
Abstract excerpt
The genetic coupling hypothesis of signal-preference evolution, whereby the same genes control male signal and female preference for that signal, was first inspired by the evolution of cricket acoustic communication nearly 50 years ago. To examine this hypothesis, we compared the genomic location of quantitative trait loci (QTL) underlying male song and female acoustic preference variation in the Hawaiian cricket...
Topics
- Animal Communication
- Animals
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Gryllidae
- Male
- Phenotype
- Quantitative Trait Loci
