Article
Identification of genetically linked female preference and male trait.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Aug 2013
McNiven Vanda T K, Moehring Amanda J
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation in male traits and the female preferences for those traits allows for the evolution of sexual behavior. Trait-preference combinations are thought to improve the effectiveness of runaway sexual selection within a species, and are considered necessary for the induction of divergence between species. Novel traits, or variants of existing traits, and their associated preferences in the opposite sex...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Male
- Mating Preference, Animal
