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> [Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/almost-nothing-is-known-from-hybridization-studies-about-the/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

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> [Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/plumage-features-constitute-a-major-component-of-courtship-signals/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/peter-r-grant-30546_component_plumage-features-constitute-a-major-comp_1339041.jpg)

> [Males transmit signals in courtship through behavioral displays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/males-transmit-signals-in-courtship-through-behavioral-displays/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/peter-r-grant-30546_behavioral_males-transmit-signals-in-courtship-thro_1559201.jpg)

## Other authors on Courtship

- [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courtship/mokokoma-mokhonoana/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courtship/william-shakespeare/)
- [Ralph Waldo Emerson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courtship/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

## More by Peter R. Grant

> [Exchange of breeding individuals between two populations tends to homogenize their gene pools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/exchange-of-breeding-individuals-between-two-populations-tends-to/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [Closely related species of birds are also chromosomally similar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/closely-related-species-of-birds-are-also-chromosomally-similar/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [Evidence of epistasis from hybridization studies is more scarce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/evidence-of-epistasis-from-hybridization-studies-is-more-scarce/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/almost-nothing-is-known-from-hybridization-studies-about-the/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [To summarize, the particular song a male sings, and the behavioral responses of females to song and morphological signals, are not genetically inherited in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/to-summarize-the-particular-song-a-male-sings-and-the-behavioral/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [The independent role of morphology in mate choice is revealed by the rare instances where the usual association between song and morphology is disrupted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/the-independent-role-of-morphology-in-mate-choice-is-revealed-by-the/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [The divergence of songs in the new population away from those in the progenitor population would only be prevented if these processes were balanced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/the-divergence-of-songs-in-the-new-population-away-from-those-in-the/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [The process of speciation is completed with the cessation of genetic exchange.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/the-process-of-speciation-is-completed-with-the-cessation-of-genetic/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/plumage-features-constitute-a-major-component-of-courtship-signals/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [Males transmit signals in courtship through behavioral displays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/males-transmit-signals-in-courtship-through-behavioral-displays/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/the-theory-of-founder-effects-does-not-explain-how-novel-features/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [Genes that underlie the capacity to receive, use and transmit information are the evolving properties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/genes-that-underlie-the-capacity-to-receive-use-and-transmit/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [We observe closely related species in sympatry and infer how they evolved from a common ancestor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/we-observe-closely-related-species-in-sympatry-and-infer-how-they/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [Thus the genetic basis to the origin of bird species is to be sought in the inheritance of adult traits that are subject to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/thus-the-genetic-basis-to-the-origin-of-bird-species-is-to-be-sought/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

> [Islands are known to differ in the food supply available to ground finches, mainly seeds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-r-grant/islands-are-known-to-differ-in-the-food-supply-available-to-ground/)

[Peter R. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-r-grant/)

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