Article
The causes and evolutionary consequences of mixed singing in two hybridizing songbird species (Luscinia spp.).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Vokurková Jana, Petrusková Tereza, Reifová Radka, Kozman Alexandra, Mořkovský Libor, Kipper Silke, Weiss Michael, Reif Jiří, Dolata Paweł T, Petrusek Adam
Abstract excerpt
Bird song plays an important role in the establishment and maintenance of prezygotic reproductive barriers. When two closely related species come into secondary contact, song convergence caused by acquisition of heterospecific songs into the birds' repertoires is often observed. The proximate mechanisms responsible for such mixed singing, and its effect on the speciation process, are poorly understood. We used a...
Topics
- Animals
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Genetic Loci
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Male
- Passeriformes
- Phenotype
- Singing
- Sympatry