Physiological constraint on acrobatic courtship behavior underlies rapid sympatric speciation in bearded manakins

Physiology’s role in speciation is poorly understood. Motor systems, for example, are widely thought to shape this process because they can potentiate or constrain the evolution of key traits that help mediate speciation. Previously, we found that Neotropical manakin birds have evolved one of the fa...

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Main Authors: Meredith C Miles, Franz Goller, Matthew J Fuxjager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-10-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/40630