Journal
BIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 4, Issue 6, Pages 645-647Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0437
Keywords
learning; fruit flies; Drosophila persimilis; Drosophila pseudoobscura; speciation
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- NSERC Canada
- CFI
- OIT
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Recent theory and data suggest that adaptive use of learning in the context of sexual behaviour could contribute to assortative mating. Experiments examining this issue indicated that male Drosophila persimilis that experienced courtship and rejection by heterospecific females exhibited significantly lower levels of heterospecific courtship and mating compared with those of inexperienced males. These results indicate that experience in the context of sexual behaviour in fruit flies could reduce gene flow between diverging populations, which may contribute to incipient speciation.
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