Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Coevolution of male and female mate choice can destabilize reproductive isolation

  • Thomas G. Aubier,
  • Hanna Kokko,
  • Mathieu Joron

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12860-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Models of mate choice have mainly focused on the implications of female mate choice for reproductive isolation. Here, Aubier et al. develop a population genetic model of coevolution between female and male mate choice, which can lead the population to oscillate between assortative and random mating.