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Sexual selection and population divergence I: The influence of socially flexible cuticular hydrocarbon expression in male field crickets (Teleogryllus oceanicus).
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jan 2016
Pascoal Sonia, Mendrok Magdalena, Mitchell Christopher, Wilson Alastair J, Hunt John, Bailey Nathan W
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Debates about how coevolution of sexual traits and preferences might promote evolutionary diversification have permeated speciation research for over a century. Recent work demonstrates that the expression of such traits can be sensitive to variation in the social environment. Here, we examined social flexibility in a sexually selected male trait-cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profiles-in the field cricket...
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