Diversity out of a hybrid zone: the interplay of reinforcement and sexual selection in the formation of new species

怎么会有这么多不同的物种？了解新物种是如何产生的是一个基本问题，因为它解释了当前的生物多样性，并揭示了未来将继续产生新物种的过程。任何动物物种的一个组成部分都是它们选择与谁交配，但交配选择如何进化以创造新物种仍然知之甚少。在这里，我将研究影响澳大利亚热带雨林青蛙杂交区择偶进化的过程。这个系统非常适合为新物种形成的进化过程提供具有国际意义的重要见解。

How are there so many different species? Understanding how new species arise is a fundamental question because it explains current biodiversity and reveals the processes that will continue to give rise to new species in the future. An integral part of any animal species is who they choose to mate with, but how mate choice evolves to create new species remains poorly understood. Here I will be studying the processes that affect the evolution of mate choice in an Australian rainforest frog hybrid zone. This system is uniquely suitable for providing internationally important insights into the evolutionary processes that form new species.