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" Thus the genetic basis to the origin of bird species is to be sought in the inheritance of adult traits that are subject to natural and sexual selection. "
Peter R. Grant
Natural
Bird
Inheritance
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" Species can be recognized by their morphological characteristics and songs. "
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" Exchange of breeding individuals between two populations tends to homogenize their gene pools. "
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Two
Individuals
" 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. "
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Early
Genetically
Life
" Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals. "
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Courtship
Major
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" Thus mating of females was strictly along the lines of paternal song. "
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Song
Along
Thus
" 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
Inheritance
Nothing
Behavior
" Genes that underlie the capacity to receive, use and transmit information are the evolving properties. "
Peter R. Grant
Genes
Capacity
Information
" The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise. "
Peter R. Grant
Theory
Explain
Founder
" The independent role of morphology in mate choice is revealed by the rare instances where the usual association between song and morphology is disrupted. "
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Role
Song
Independent
" The process of speciation is completed with the cessation of genetic exchange. "
Peter R. Grant
Exchange
Genetic
Process
" We observe closely related species in sympatry and infer how they evolved from a common ancestor. "
Peter R. Grant
Closely
How
Observe
" Closely related species of birds are also chromosomally similar. "
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Also
Species
Similar
" Islands are known to differ in the food supply available to ground finches, mainly seeds. "
Peter R. Grant
Known
Available
Ground
" Males transmit signals in courtship through behavioral displays. "
Peter R. Grant
Courtship
Behavioral
Through
" 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
Flow
Immigration
Song