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Proximity of signallers can maintain sexual signal variation under stabilizing selection

How sexual communication systems can evolve under stabilizing selection is still a paradox in evolutionary biology. In moths, females emit a species-specific sex pheromone, consisting of a blend of biochemically related components, to which males are attracted. Although males appear to exert strong...

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Autores principales: van Wijk, Michiel, Heath, Jeremy, Lievers, Rik, Schal, Coby, Groot, Astrid T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5741759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29273813
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17327-9