Genital morphology in animals with internal fertilization is considered to be among the fastest evolving traits. Sexual selection is often proposed as the main driver of genital diversification but the exact selection mechanisms involved are usually unclear. In addition, the mechanisms operating may differ even between pairs of sibling species. We investigated patterns of male genital variation within and between natural populations of the cactophilic fly Drosophila koepferae ranging its entire geographic distribution and compared them with those previously observed in its sibling species, D. buzzatii. Using both mtDNA and nDNA markers we found that genital shape variation in D. koepferae is more restricted than expected for neutral evoluti...
A wide spectrum of song complexity has been documented in a broad range of animal taxa. However, the...
The genitalia of internally fertilizing taxa represent a striking example of rapid morphological evo...
International audienceIn Drosophila, male flies perform innate, stereotyped courtship behavior. This...
Increasing evidence from multiple animal systems suggests that genital evolution and diversification...
The rapid diversification of sexual traits is a common phenomenon accompanying the evolution of repr...
The Drosophila repleta group comprises more than one hundred species that inhabit several environmen...
Sperm competition (SC) is a major component of sexual selection that enhances intraand intersexual c...
International audienceRapid evolution of genitalia shape, a widespread phenomenon in animals with in...
The observation that male genitalia diverge more rapidly than other morphological traits during evol...
The rapid divergence of male genitalia in a variety of animal groups is a well documented phenomenon...
Rapid divergence in genital structures among nascent species has been posited to be an early-evolvin...
Male genital structures are among the most rapidly evolving morphological traits and are often the o...
The Pleistocene refugia theory proposes that recurrent expansions and contractions of xerophytic veg...
Accessory gland proteins (Acps) are part of the seminal fluid of male Drosophila flies. Some Acps ha...
Sexual selection is thought to be responsible for the rapid divergent evolution of male genitalia wi...
A wide spectrum of song complexity has been documented in a broad range of animal taxa. However, the...
The genitalia of internally fertilizing taxa represent a striking example of rapid morphological evo...
International audienceIn Drosophila, male flies perform innate, stereotyped courtship behavior. This...
Increasing evidence from multiple animal systems suggests that genital evolution and diversification...
The rapid diversification of sexual traits is a common phenomenon accompanying the evolution of repr...
The Drosophila repleta group comprises more than one hundred species that inhabit several environmen...
Sperm competition (SC) is a major component of sexual selection that enhances intraand intersexual c...
International audienceRapid evolution of genitalia shape, a widespread phenomenon in animals with in...
The observation that male genitalia diverge more rapidly than other morphological traits during evol...
The rapid divergence of male genitalia in a variety of animal groups is a well documented phenomenon...
Rapid divergence in genital structures among nascent species has been posited to be an early-evolvin...
Male genital structures are among the most rapidly evolving morphological traits and are often the o...
The Pleistocene refugia theory proposes that recurrent expansions and contractions of xerophytic veg...
Accessory gland proteins (Acps) are part of the seminal fluid of male Drosophila flies. Some Acps ha...
Sexual selection is thought to be responsible for the rapid divergent evolution of male genitalia wi...
A wide spectrum of song complexity has been documented in a broad range of animal taxa. However, the...
The genitalia of internally fertilizing taxa represent a striking example of rapid morphological evo...
International audienceIn Drosophila, male flies perform innate, stereotyped courtship behavior. This...