Permissive females facilitate spread of new signal / Curr. Biol., Dec. 22, 2023 (Vol. 34, Issue 2)

Описание к видео Permissive females facilitate spread of new signal / Curr. Biol., Dec. 22, 2023 (Vol. 34, Issue 2)

Zhang et al. test how new animal signal variants evolve. In Hawaiian crickets, males evolved higher-pitch courtship songs under selection from eavesdropping enemies. However, males singing songs at these abnormal frequencies suffer no mating disadvantage. Permissive females may buffer against the loss of new signal variants.

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R. Zhang, J.G. Rayner, and N.W. Bailey (2024). Rapid sexual signal diversification is facilitated by permissive females. Curr. Biol. 34.

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