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Post-mating prezygotic barriers to gene exchange between hybridizing field crickets.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Jan 2012
Larson Erica L, Hume G L, Andrés J A, Harrison R G
Abstract excerpt
Studies of sexual selection in speciation have traditionally focused on mate preference, with less attention given to traits that act between copulation and fertilization. However, recent work suggests that post-mating prezygotic barriers may play an important role in speciation. Here, we evaluate the role of such barriers in the field crickets, Gryllus firmus and Gryllus pennsylvanicus. Gryllus pennsylvanicus...
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