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Genetically regulated temporal variation of novel courtship elements in the Hawaiian cricket genus Laupala.
Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 2011
Fergus Daniel J, Decarvalho Tagide N, Shaw Kerry L
Abstract excerpt
The Hawaiian cricket genus Laupala (Gryllidae: Trigonidiinae) has undergone rapid and extensive speciation, with divergence in male song and female acoustic preference playing a role in maintaining species boundaries. Recent study of interspecific differences in the diel rhythmicity of singing and mating, suggests that temporal variation in behavior may reduce gene flow between species. In addition, Laupala...
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