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Machteld N. Verzijden
Researcher at Lund University
Publications - 23
Citations - 1318
Machteld N. Verzijden is an academic researcher from Lund University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mate choice & Sexual selection. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 23 publications receiving 1213 citations. Previous affiliations of Machteld N. Verzijden include University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Leiden University.
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The impact of learning on sexual selection and speciation.
Machteld N. Verzijden,Carel ten Cate,Maria R. Servedio,Genevieve M. Kozak,Jenny W. Boughman,Erik I. Svensson +5 more
TL;DR: It is pointed out that the context of learning, namely how and when learning takes place, often makes a crucial difference to the predicted evolutionary outcome.
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Early learning influences species assortative mating preferences in Lake Victoria cichlid fish.
TL;DR: It is suggested that learning creates favourable conditions for reproductive isolation to evolve, and is provided the first evidence that learning, in the form of sexual imprinting, helps maintain reproductive isolation among closely related cichlid species.
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Immediate spectral flexibility in singing chiffchaffs during experimental exposure to highway noise
Machteld N. Verzijden,Machteld N. Verzijden,Erwin A. P. Ripmeester,V. R. Ohms,Peter Snelderwaard,Hans Slabbekoorn +5 more
TL;DR: It is shown that chiffchaffs along noisy highways also sing with a higher minimum frequency than chiffChaffs nearby at a quiet riverside, and that these birds are capable of making such adjustments over a very short time scale.
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Female mate-choice behavior and sympatric speciation.
Machteld N. Verzijden,Machteld N. Verzijden,Robert F. Lachlan,Robert F. Lachlan,Maria R. Servedio +4 more
TL;DR: It is found that the inheritance mechanism of mate choice can have a large effect on the ease of sympatric speciation, and the correlation between trait and preference can be weak, and interpreting these results as speciation may be suspect.
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Sexual imprinting can induce sexual preferences for exaggerated parental traits.
TL;DR: It is suggested that sexual imprinting can generate skewed sexual preferences for exaggerated maternal phenotypes, phenotypes that have not been present at the time of the learning, and can drive the evolution of sexual dimorphism and exaggerated sexual traits.