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Uppsala University: Sexual Selection Leads to More Rapid Evolution of Species
December 02, 2025
UPPSALA, Sweden, Dec. 2 (TNSjou) -- Uppsala University issued the following news release:

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Sexual selection leads to more rapid evolution of new species

When males are forced to compete for females, new species form more rapidly. This has been shown in a new study where the researchers compared beetles allowed to mate freely with groups of the same species where competition for mating was restricted. The experiments, which have been going on for 40 yea . . .

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