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Reproductive character displacement: insights from genital morphometrics in damselfly hybrid zones.
Heredity - 1 Nov 2024
Ballén-Guapacha Andrea Viviana, Ospina-Garcés Sandra Milena, Guevara Roger, Sánchez-Guillén Rosa Ana
Abstract excerpt
Reproductive Character Displacement (RCD) refers to the phenomenon of greater differences in reproductive characters between two species when they occur in sympatry compared to when they occur in allopatry to prevent maladaptive hybridization. We explored whether reinforcement of a mechanical barrier involved in the first contact point between male and female genital traits during copulation in the cross between...
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