Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California-Berkeley, 130 Mulford Hall, #3114, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, USA.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2020 Jul 6;375(1802):20190476. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0476. Epub 2020 May 18.
The evolution of pre-zygotic reproductive isolation is a key step in the process of speciation. In many organisms, particularly insects, chemical labels are used as pheromones for species-specific mate recognition. Although an enormous body of knowledge exists regarding the patterns of pheromone chemical ecology, much less is known about the evolutionary processes that underlie the origin of new mating pheromones. Here, we examine case studies that have illuminated the origins of species-specific mating pheromones and suggest future directions for productive research. This article is part of the theme issue 'Signal detection theory in recognition systems: from evolving models to experimental tests'.
合子前生殖隔离的进化是物种形成过程中的关键步骤。在许多生物中，特别是昆虫，化学标签被用作种特异性配偶识别的信息素。尽管有关信息素化学生态学模式的知识已经相当丰富，但对于新交配信息素起源背后的进化过程却知之甚少。在这里，我们研究了一些案例研究，这些研究阐明了种特异性交配信息素的起源，并为富有成效的研究提出了未来的方向。本文是主题为“识别系统中的信号检测理论：从进化模型到实验检验”的一部分。
