Posts Tagged ‘interbreeding’

Sensory-driven Sympatric Speciation, again

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

Sensory-driven  sympatric speciation is observed and demonstrated in a wide range of animals, from invertebrates (insects) to vertebrates (fishes and amphibiansis). It is based on changes in mate preferences of individuals for particular individuals within a single population that display behavioral traits or specific visual, olfactory and auditory stimuli.   (more…)