Divergent host plant adaptation drives the evolution of sexual isolation in the grasshopper Hesperotettix viridis (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in the absence of reinforcement

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 866-878

  Grace, Tony ^a   Wisely, Samantha M ^a   Brown, Susan J ^a   Dowell, Floyd E ^b   Joern, Anthony ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopatry; Ecological speciation; Feeding preference; Genetic divergence; Host associated divergence; Mate choice; Microsatellites; Near infrared spectroscopy; Reproductive isolation; Secondary contact zones; Sexual isolation; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALLOPATRY; CONTACT ZONE; CUTICLE; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GRASSHOPPER; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST USE; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SYMPATRY;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

ACRIDIDAE; GUTIERREZIA; HESPEROTETTIX VIRIDIS; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; SOLIDAGO;

EID: 77954807019     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01458.x     Document Type: Article

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