Article
Oviposition traits generate extrinsic postzygotic isolation between two pine sawfly species.
BMC evolutionary biology - 19 Jan 2017
Bendall Emily E, Vertacnik Kim L, Linnen Catherine R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although empirical data indicate that ecological speciation is prevalent in nature, the relative importance of different forms of reproductive isolation and the traits generating reproductive isolation remain unclear. To address these questions, we examined a pair of ecologically divergent pine-sawfly species: while Neodiprion pinetum specializes on a thin-needled pine (Pinus strobus), N. lecontei...
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Hymenoptera
- Male
- Oviposition
- Phenotype
- Pinus
- Reproductive Isolation