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Mate choice in sticklebacks reveals that immunogenes can drive ecological speciation

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  • Demetra Andreou
  • Christophe Eizaguirre
  • Thomas Boehm
  • Manfred Milinski

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Lay SummaryThe 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.

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  • Demetra Andreou & Christophe Eizaguirre & Thomas Boehm & Manfred Milinski, 2017. "Mate choice in sticklebacks reveals that immunogenes can drive ecological speciation," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 28(4), pages 953-961.
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