Sexual Isolation, Speciation and the Direction of Evolution Export

@article{citeulike:1659064, abstract = {Various concepts of evolutionary biology are reviewed to emphasize the significance of premating isolation barriers in processes of speciation. Concepts such as sexual selection, genetic drift, and the Founder Principle appear to lend support to Muller's views that premating isolating mechanisms arise as by-products of natural selection in allopatry. Examples are presented in support of this view and in contrast to that held by Fisher and Dobzhansky, who envisioned such mechanisms as arising upon recontact of populations in which some postmating isolating mechanism had arisen. Additionally, a hypothesis proposed by Kaneshiro (1976) which enables interpretation of the one-sided mating preference (asymmetrical isolation) observed between populations of Drosophila is discussed. Such a hypothesis, if valid, permits inferences of direction of evolution among closely related species.}, author = {Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y.}, citeulike-article-id = {1659064}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2408213}, journal = {Evolution}, keywords = {drosophila, evolution, insects, mating, reproductive-isolation}, number = {3}, pages = {437--444}, posted-at = {2009-10-29 10:29:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Sexual Isolation, Speciation and the Direction of Evolution}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2408213}, volume = {34}, year = {1980} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1659064 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1659064 N2 - Various concepts of evolutionary biology are reviewed to emphasize the significance of premating isolation barriers in processes of speciation. Concepts such as sexual selection, genetic drift, and the Founder Principle appear to lend support to Muller's views that premating isolating mechanisms arise as by-products of natural selection in allopatry. Examples are presented in support of this view and in contrast to that held by Fisher and Dobzhansky, who envisioned such mechanisms as arising upon recontact of populations in which some postmating isolating mechanism had arisen. Additionally, a hypothesis proposed by Kaneshiro (1976) which enables interpretation of the one-sided mating preference (asymmetrical isolation) observed between populations of Drosophila is discussed. Such a hypothesis, if valid, permits inferences of direction of evolution among closely related species. IS - 3 JF - Evolution EP - 444 TI - Sexual Isolation, Speciation and the Direction of Evolution VL - 34 SP - 437 KW - drosophila KW - evolution KW - insects KW - mating KW - reproductive-isolation AU - Kaneshiro, Kenneth PY - 1980/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/2408213 ER -