Peter R. Grant
Peter R. Grant
Peter Raymond Grant FRS and Barbara Rosemary Grant FRS, a married couple, are both British evolutionary biologists at Princeton University; each holds the position of Emeritus Professor. They are noted for their work concerning Darwin's finches on the Galápagos Island named Daphne Major. The Grants have spent six months of the year each year since 1973 capturing, tagging, and taking blood samples of the finches on the island...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
CountryUnited States of America
courtship transmit
Males transmit signals in courtship through behavioral displays.
closely common evolved infer related
We observe closely related species in sympatry and infer how they evolved from a common ancestor.
courtship male particular studies
Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals.