Male success against con- and heterospecific competitors indicates a positive but modest role for sexual selection as driver of speciation
Jeremy S. Davis, Leonie C. Moyle
The paper tests if sexual selection drives speciation by linking male reproductive success against conspecific and heterospecific males to reproductive isolation, finding a modest positive correlation in postcopulatory competition.
bioRxiv · Dec 11, 2017 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology