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    Cryptic gametic interactions confer both conspecific and heterospecific advantages in the Chrysochus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) hybrid zone

    Most species pairs are isolated through the collective action of a suite of barriers. Recent work has shown that cryptic barriers such as conspecific sperm precedence can be quite strong, suggesting that they ...

    Merrill A. Peterson, Erica L. Larson, Margaret Brassil, Kati J. Buckingham… in Genetica (2011)

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    Profiles of cuticular hydrocarbons mediate male mate choice and sexual isolation between hybridising Chrysochus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

    Chemical signals frequently underlie sexual isolation between insect species. Our understanding of the evolutionary forces influencing these signaling systems is known for very few systems, challenging both ou...

    Merrill A. Peterson, Susanne Dobler, Erica L. Larson, Danielle Juárez… in Chemoecology (2007)

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    Mutualism in a community context: the positive feedback between an ant–aphid mutualism and a gall-making midge

    Although mutualisms are widespread and often described in natural history accounts, their ecological influences on other community members remain largely unexplored. Many of these influences are likely a resul...

    Amy M. Savage, Merrill A. Peterson in Oecologia (2007)

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    Life-History Strategies and the Genetic Structure of Phytophagous Insect Populations

    Spatial variation in selection creates the potential for local adaptation, but the realization of this potential is governed by the balance between selection and the countering effects of both genetic drift an...

    Merrill A. Peterson, Robert F. Denno in Genetic Structure and Local Adaptation in … (1998)