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The evolutionary problem presented by insect pheromone systems is one that is common to sexual signaling systems in general: How is extensive divergence among species, even closely related species, reconciled with apparent conservatism within species? This pattern is a necessary feature of a signal system that is effective in prezygotic isolation in a speciose lineage. Many possible mechanisms have been suggested to explain its evolution (see Butlin and Ritchie 1994, for example) but most center on the special nature of signal evolution.
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Butlin, R.K., Trickett, A.J. (1997). Can Population Genetic Simulations Help to Interpret Pheromone Evolution?. In: Cardé, R.T., Minks, A.K. (eds) Insect Pheromone Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6371-6_47
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