"Closely related species of birds are also chromosomally similar."

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"Closely related species of birds are also chromosomally similar."

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"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."

Population

"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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"Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals."

Behavior

"Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals."

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"Males transmit signals in courtship through behavioral displays."

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"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."

Life

"Islands are known to differ in the food supply available to ground finches, mainly seeds."

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"Species can be recognized by their morphological characteristics and songs."

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"The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise."

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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."

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