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ArticleEvolution letters2025

Sexual selection and speciation: a meta-analysis of comparative studies.

Tim Janicke, Tamra C Mendelson, Michael G Ritchie, Lucas Marie-Orleach, Jeanne Tonnabel

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Article in Evolution letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Tim JanickeCEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1453-6813
Tamra C MendelsonDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2938-3829
Michael G RitchieCentre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7913-8675
Lucas Marie-OrleachInstitut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, UMR 7261, CNRS, Université de Tours, Tours, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3362-1500
Jeanne TonnabelISEM, University Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3461-6965

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the drivers of biodiversity is a central goal in evolutionary biology. In particular, sexual selection has long been proposed as a potential catalyst of speciation, but empirical evidence remains inconclusive. Here, we present a comprehensive meta-analysis synthesizing 145 effect sizes from 50 comparative studies testing the relationship between proxies of sexual selection and species diversity across the animal kingdom. Our results reveal a modest but consistent positive association (global effect size:

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