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Nature 455, 601-602 (2 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/455601a; Published online 1 October 2008
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Sensory ecology: In sight of speciation
Mark Kirkpatrick1 & Trevor Price2
Abstract
Adaptation of a fish's eyes to its visual environment can bias females to mate with different males according to their coloration. This sensory preference can contribute to the formation of new species.
How and why do barriers that prevent mating between species evolve? On page 620 of this issue, Seehausen et al.1 present a rich and eclectic data set that suggests a key role for vision in African cichlid fishes.
- Mark Kirkpatrick is in the Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
Email: kirkp@mail.utexas.edu - Trevor Price is in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Email: pricet@uchicago.edu
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