October 16th Journal Club: Sexual Selection and Speciation

Here are the readings for next Tuesday’s journal club discussion on sexual selection and speciation:
West-Eberhard, M. J. 1983. Sexual selection, social competition, and speciation. The Quarterly Review of Biology 58:155–183. [doi link]

Kirkpatrick, M., and M. J. Ryan. 1991. The evolution of mating preferences and the paradox of the lek. Nature 350:33-38. [doi link]

Boughman, J. W. 2001. Divergent sexual selection enhances reproductive isolation in sticklebacks. Nature 411:944–948. [doi link]

Barraclough TG, Harvey PH, Nee S. 1995. Sexual selection and taxonomic diversity in passerine birds. Proc. R. Soc. London B Biol. Sci. 259:211–15. [doi link]