On the origin of species by natural and sexual selection
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Ecological speciation is considered an adaptive response to selection for local adaptation. However, besides suitable ecological conditions, the process requires assortative mating to protect the nascent species from homogenization by gene flow. By means of a simple model, we demonstrate that disruptive ecological selection favors the evolution of sexual preferences for ornaments that signal local adaptation. Such preferences induce assortative mating with respect to ecological characters and enhance the strength of disruptive selection. Natural and sexual selection thus work in concert to achieve local adaptation and reproductive isolation, even in the presence of substantial gene flow. The resulting speciation process ensues without the divergence of mating preferences, avoiding problems that have plagued previous models of speciation by sexual selection.
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- Authors
- van Doorn, G. S., Edelaar, P., & Weissing, F. J.
- Affiliations
- Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.
- Uppsala University (SE)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Edelaar, Pim
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2009-12-18
- Volume
- 326
- Issue
- 5960
- Pages
- 1704-1707
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1996519776
- Cited by
- 342
- References
- 34
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- FWCI
- 16.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- hdl.handle.net
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Keywords
- ecological speciation, diversifying selection, sexual selection, assortative mating, local adaptation, reproductive isolation, gene flow, sexual ornaments, mate preferences, speciation
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Biological, Animals, Birds, Computer Simulation, Biological Evolution, Female, Male, Models, Biological, Selection, Genetic, Ecosystem, Genetic Speciation, Gene Flow, Mating Preference, Animal
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