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Competing adaptations maintain nonadaptive variation in a wild cricket population.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 6 Aug 2024
Rayner Jack G, Eichenberger Franca, Bainbridge Jessica V A, Zhang Shangzhe, Zhang Xiao, Yusuf Leeban H, Balenger Susan, Gaggiotti Oscar E, Bailey Nathan W
Abstract excerpt
How emerging adaptive variants interact is an important factor in the evolution of wild populations, but the opportunity to empirically study this interaction is rare. We recently documented the emergence of an adaptive phenotype "curly-wing" in Hawaiian populations of field crickets (Teleogryllus oceanicus). Curly-wing inhibits males' ability to sing, protecting them from eavesdropping parasitoid flies (Ormia...
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