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Genes from the father facilitate the formation of new species
The two closely related bird species, the collared flycatcher and the pied flycatcher, can reproduce with each other, but the females are more strongly attracted to a male of their own species. This has been shown by an international research team in the latest Net edition of Science. The discovery sheds new light on how new species are formed.
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