Mate choice in sticklebacks reveals that immunogenes can drive ecological speciation

Lay Summary The role of sexual selection in driving speciation is supported by correlative links between various traits under sexual selection and speciation. However, there is little evidence on the candidate genes involved in mate choice enabling speciation. Experiments on stickleback mate choice highlight the polymorphic immunogenes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) as a true “magic trait”: the MHC drives both habitat-specific assortative mate choice and local adaptation—ultimately speciation.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Behavioral Ecology

• Publication date

  2017-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/beheco/arx074PMID 29622924PMCID 5873247
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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