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| Title |
Barriers to gene exchange in hybridizing field crickets: the role of male courtship effort and cuticular hydrocarbons
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-14-65 |
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| Authors |
Luana S Maroja, Zachary M McKenzie, Elizabeth Hart, Joy Jing, Erica L Larson, David P Richardson |
| Abstract |
Pre-zygotic barriers often involve some form of sexual selection, usually interpreted as female choice, as females are typically the choosier sex. However, males typically show some mate preferences, which are increasingly reported. Here we document previously uncharacterized male courtship behavior (effort and song) and cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profiles in the hybridizing crickets Gryllus firmus and G. pennsylvanicus. These two species exhibit multiple barriers to gene exchange that act throughout their life history, including a behavioral barrier that results in increased time to mate in heterospecific pairs. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 43 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 42 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 28% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 14% |
| Researcher | 4 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 14% |
| Unknown | 10 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 51% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 7% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 5% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 2% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 12 | 28% |