Coupling has emerged as a concept to describe the transition from differentiated
populations to newly evolved species through the strengthening of reproductive isolation …

Sexual selection plays several intricate and complex roles in the related processes of local
adaptation and speciation. In some cases sexual selection can promote these processes …

The origin of biological diversity, via the formation of new species, can be inextricably linked
to adaptation to the ecological environment. Specifically, ecological processes are central to …

The large body of theory on speciation with gene flow has brought to light fundamental
differences in the effects of two types of mating rules on speciation: preference/trait rules, in …

During the process of speciation, populations may diverge for traits and at their underlying
loci that contribute barriers to gene flow. These barrier traits and barrier loci underlie …

Genomic scans of multiple populations often reveal marker loci with greatly increased
differentiation between populations. Often this differentiation coincides in space with …

How common is speciation‐with‐gene‐flow? How much does gene flow impact on
speciation? To answer questions like these requires understanding of the common …

Understanding the evolution of reproductive isolation is tantamount to describing the origin
of species. Therefore, a primary goal in evolutionary biology is to identify which reproductive …

The importance of sympatric speciation–the evolution of reproductive isolation between
codistributed conspecific individuals–in generating biodiversity is highly controversial …

Sex pheromone communication, acting as a prezygotic barrier to mating, is believed to have
contributed to the speciation of moths and butterflies in the order Lepidoptera. Five decades …