Evolution mating preferences

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Columbia University Press New York Ehrman L (1961) The genetics of sexual isolation in Drosophila paulistorum. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 49 155-158 Koepfer HR (1987a) Selection for sexual isolation between geographic, forms of Drosophila moiavensis. I. Interactions between the selected forms. Evolution 41 37-48 Koepfer HR (1987b) Selection for sexual isolation between geographic forms of Drosophila moiavensis. II. Effects of selection of mating preference and propensity. Evolution 41 1409-1413... 

Coleoptera. A recent work on chrysomelidae (Peterson et al., 2007) evaluated the evolution of sexual isolation between two leaf beetles, Chrysochus cobaltinus and C. auratus, in a hybrid zone in Washington state (USA). By painting beetle cadavers with various cuticular extracts, the authors demonstrated a strong male preference for conspecific females according to species and sexual chemical specificity of their respective cuticular hydrocarbon profiles. This male mate choice reinforced sexual isolation. 

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