The Role of Sexual Selection in Local Adaptation and Speciation

• Published in: Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 85 - 109
• Main Authors: Servedio, Maria R, Boughman, Janette W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Palo Alto Annual Reviews 02.11.2017; Annual Reviews, Inc
• Subjects: Adaptation; assortative mating; Gene flow; Genetics; mate choice; Natural selection; preference; Reproduction; sexual isolation; Sexual selection; Speciation; speciation with gene flow

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, but in others it can be inhibitory. We present theoretical and empirical evidence supporting these dual effects of sexua...