Neural mechanisms involved in female mate choice in invertebrates [PDF]
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 Mate choice is a critical decision with direct implications for fitness. Although it has been recognized for over 150 years, our understanding of its underlying mechanisms is still limited.
Sagrario Cordero-Molina +3 more
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Fitness Benefits of Mate Choice for Compatibility in a Socially Monogamous Species.
PLoS Biology, 2015 Research on mate choice has primarily focused on preferences for quality indicators, assuming that all individuals show consensus about who is the most attractive.
Malika Ihle +2 more
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Genotype-by-environment interactions for female mate choice of male cuticular hydrocarbons in Drosophila simulans. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Recent research has highlighted the potential importance of environmental and genotype-by-environment (G×E) variation in sexual selection, but most studies have focussed on the expression of male sexual traits.
Fiona C Ingleby +2 more
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No Evidence That the Phoretic Mite Poecilochirus carabi Influences Mate Choice or Fitness in the Host Burying Beetle Nicrophorus nepalensis [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMate choice is a fundamental aspect of sexual selection where the “chooser” chooses a “courter” by assessing a variety of traits that communicate potential fitness.
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Sexual selection and mate choice [PDF]
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2006 The past two decades have seen extensive growth of sexual selection research. Theoretical and empirical work has clarified many components of pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection, such as aggressive competition, mate choice, sperm utilization and sexual conflict.
Malte, Andersson, Leigh W, Simmons
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Mate Choice, Sex Roles and Sexual Cognition: Neuronal Prerequisites Supporting Cognitive Mate Choice
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Across taxa, mate choice is a highly selective process involving both intra- and intersexual selection processes aiming to pass on one’s genes, making mate choice a pivotal tool of sexual selection.
Theodora Fuss
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Variation in male mate choice in Drosophila melanogaster. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Male mate choice has been reported in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, even though males of this species were previously thought to maximise their fitness by mating with all available females.
Dominic A Edward, Tracey Chapman
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Further support for the role of heroism in human mate choice [PDF]
, 2020 This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by the American Psychological Association in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences on 03-09-2020. The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version, accessible at ...
Bartlett, James, Bhogal, Manpal
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Personality differentially affects individual mate choice decisions in female and male Western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Consistent individual differences in behavioral tendencies (animal personality) can affect individual mate choice decisions. We asked whether personality traits affect male and female mate choice decisions similarly and whether potential personality ...
Bo-Jian Chen +5 more
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You're Just My Type: Mate Choice and Behavioral Types.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2020 Consistent individual differences in behavior [i.e., behavioral types (BTs)], are common across the animal kingdom. Consistency can make behavior an adaptive trait for mate choice decisions.
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