The Evolution of Age-Specific Choosiness and Reproductive Isolation in Overlapping Generations

Explore the evolution of age-specific mate choice and reproductive isolation in a lecture presented by Olivier Cotto from INRAE. Delve into a theoretical model with overlapping generations to understand how choosiness varies with age and its impact on speciation. Examine the relationship between age-specific mate choice and reproductive isolation, and discover how the strength of selection on choosiness changes across different life stages. Learn about the genetic modeling of populations with overlapping generations and female preference for phenotype-matching males. Gain insights into how speciation can lead to age-dependent choosiness evolution without affecting species isolation. Understand the influence of an organism's life cycle on the strength of selection, affecting both the evolution towards optimal age-specific choosiness and the ability to purge sub-optimal mutations.