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ArticleFrontiers in zoology2020

Female northern grass lizards judge mates by body shape to reinforce local adaptation.

Kun Guo, Chen Chen, Xiao-Fang Liang, Yan-Fu Qu, Xiang Ji

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Kun GuoJiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023 Jiangsu China.
Chen ChenJiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023 Jiangsu China.
Xiao-Fang LiangJiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023 Jiangsu China.
Yan-Fu QuJiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023 Jiangsu China.
Xiang JiJiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023 Jiangsu China.ORCID 0000-0003-3179-4512

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backgroundIdentifying the factors that contribute to divergence among populations in mate preferences is important for understanding of the manner in which premating reproductive isolation might arise and how this isolation may in turn contribute to the evolutionary process of population divergence. Here, we offered female northern grass lizards (

resultsFemales showed a strong preference for native over foreign males. Females that mated with native versus foreign males did not differ from each other in mating latency, or copulation duration. From results of the structural equation modelling we knew that: 1) geographical distance directly contributed to genetic differentiation and environmental dissimilarity; 2) genetic differentiation and environmental dissimilarity indirectly contributed to female mate preference, largely through their effects on morphological divergence; and 3) females judged mates by body shape (appearance) and discriminated more strongly against morphologically less familiar allopatric males.

conclusionsLocal adaptation rather than neutral genetic distance influences female mate preference in

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Genetic differentiationGeographical distanceLocal adaptationMate preferenceMorphologyStructural equation model

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PMCPMC7409496

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