Article
Assortative mating between two sympatric closely-related specialists: inferred from molecular phylogenetic analysis and behavioral data.
Scientific reports - 25 Jun 2014
Xue Huai-Jun, Li Wen-Zhu, Yang Xing-Ke
Abstract excerpt
Host plant shifting of phytophagous insects can lead to the formation of host associated differentiation and ultimately speciation. In some cases, host plant specificity alone acts as a nearly complete pre-mating isolating barrier among insect populations. We here test whether effective pre-matin...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- China
- Coleoptera
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Female
- Genetic Speciation
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Haplotypes
- Host Specificity
- Insect Proteins
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Peptide Elongation Factor 1
- Phylogeny