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| Title |
Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation in birds
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| Published in |
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1098/rspb.2013.1065 |
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| Authors |
Nathalie Seddon, Carlos A. Botero, Joseph A. Tobias, Peter O. Dunn, Hannah E. A. MacGregor, Dustin R. Rubenstein, J. Albert C. Uy, Jason T. Weir, Linda A. Whittingham, Rebecca J. Safran |
| Abstract |
Sexual selection is proposed to be an important driver of diversification in animal systems, yet previous tests of this hypothesis have produced mixed results and the mechanisms involved remain unclear. Here, we use a novel phylogenetic approach to assess the influence of sexual selection on patterns of evolutionary change during 84 recent speciation events across 23 passerine bird families. We show that elevated levels of sexual selection are associated with more rapid phenotypic divergence between related lineages, and that this effect is restricted to male plumage traits proposed to function in mate choice and species recognition. Conversely, we found no evidence that sexual selection promoted divergence in female plumage traits, or in male traits related to foraging and locomotion. These results provide strong evidence that female choice and male-male competition are dominant mechanisms driving divergence during speciation in birds, potentially linking sexual selection to the accelerated evolution of pre-mating reproductive isolation. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 22% |
| Colombia | 1 | 11% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| Argentina | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 56% |
| Scientists | 4 | 44% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 353 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 337 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 98 | 28% |
| Student > Bachelor | 46 | 13% |
| Researcher | 44 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 37 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 20 | 6% |
| Other | 63 | 18% |
| Unknown | 45 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 225 | 64% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 30 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 26 | 7% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | <1% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 8 | 2% |
| Unknown | 59 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 May 2018.
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