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Peter R. Grant
American
Scientist
Courtship
Features
Genetic
Signals
Song
Species
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Thus mating of females was strictly along the lines of paternal song.
Peter R. Grant
Song
Strictly
Thus
Along
Females
Lines
Mating
Paternal
The independent role of morphology in mate choice is revealed by the rare instances where the usual association between song and morphology is disrupted.
Peter R. Grant
Song
Rare
Independent
Between
Revealed
Mate
Role
Where
Choice
Usual
Disrupted
Association
To summarize, the particular song a male sings, and the behavioral responses of females to song and morphological signals, are not genetically inherited in a fixed manner but are determined by learning early in life.
Peter R. Grant
Life
Learning
Song
Summarize
Signals
Responses
Determined
Genetically
Particular
Females
Sings
Male
Fixed
Behavioral
Manner
Inherited
Early
The divergence of songs in the new population away from those in the progenitor population would only be prevented if these processes were balanced by repeated immigration and subsequent breeding: song flow.
Peter R. Grant
Song
Immigration
Those
Would
Divergence
Only
Songs
New
Balanced
Were
Repeated
Subsequent
Processes
Breeding
Population
Away
Flow
Islands are known to differ in the food supply available to ground finches, mainly seeds.
Peter R. Grant
Food
Seeds
Food Supply
Supply
Mainly
Known
Islands
Differ
Available
Ground
Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals.
Peter R. Grant
Behavior
Nothing
Signals
About
Studies
Almost
Almost Nothing
Particular
Known
Females
Courtship
Male
Inheritance
The process of speciation is completed with the cessation of genetic exchange.
Peter R. Grant
Completed
Exchange
Genetic
Process
Cessation
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