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Jade Barrett

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Experimental contact zones reveal causes and targets of sexual selection in hybridizing lizards

2016

Divergence in sexually selected traits in allopatry should affect the degree and direction of hybridization. However, few studies have established the causes and targets of sexual selection during secondary contact. Common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) from north-central Italy have highly exaggerated male sexual traits compared to populations in Western Europe. Using experimental populations, we show that this creates asymmetries in male dominance, spatial habitat use and reproductive success upon secondary contact. Hybridization occurred almost exclusively between males of the Italian lineage and females of the Western European lineage. We provide evidence to suggest stronger ongoing sel…

0106 biological sciences0301 basic medicineGeneticsReproductive successOffspringPodarcisAllopatric speciationIntrogressionBiologybiology.organism_classification010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesPodarcis muralis03 medical and health sciences030104 developmental biologyEvolutionary biologyWestern europeSexual selectionEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsFunctional Ecology
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Data from: Experimental contact zones reveal causes and targets of sexual selection in hybridizing lizards

2017

Divergence in sexually selected traits in allopatry should affect the degree and direction of hybridization. However, few studies have established the causes and targets of sexual selection during secondary contact. Common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) from north-central Italy have highly exaggerated male sexual traits compared to populations in Western Europe. Using experimental populations, we show that this creates asymmetries in male dominance, spatial habitat use and reproductive success upon secondary contact. Hybridization occurred almost exclusively between males of the Italian lineage and females of the Western European lineage. We provide evidence to suggest stronger ongoing sel…

medicine and health carePodarcisMedicinemale-male competitionLife sciences
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