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SUBMITTER: Nosil P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1560232 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nosil Patrik P Crespi Bernard J BJ
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20060401 1589
Speciation can involve the evolution of 'cryptic' reproductive isolation that occurs after copulation but before hybrid offspring are produced. Because such cryptic barriers to gene exchange involve post-mating sexual interactions, analyses of their evolution have focused on sexual conflict or traditional sexual selection. Here, we show that ecological divergence between populations of herbivorous walking sticks is integral to the evolution of cryptic reproductive isolation. Low female fitness f ...[more]