Speciation: mosquitoes singing in harmony.
Anopheles gambiae, a major vector of malaria, is a complex of cryptic species and subspecies. A new study describes a remarkable behaviour that might contribute to sexual isolation in this species complex: males and females are much more likely to show harmonic convergence of wing beat sounds when courting individuals of the same type.
School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland KY16 9TH, UK. mgr@st-andrews.ac.uk
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D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal