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Peter R. Grant

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

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"Islands are known to differ in the food supply available to ground finches, mainly seeds."
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"Thus mating of females was strictly along the lines of paternal song."
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"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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"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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"Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals."
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"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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"Closely related species of birds are also chromosomally similar."
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"The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise."
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