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HAYMAN1, describing mating preference in a merino ram, states that mating preference has long been postulated as a mechanism concerned in the development of new species, but that such preference does not appear to have been observed in wild-type populations.
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OWEN, D. Mating Preferences in Wild Birds. Nature 203, 986 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203986a0
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