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African perceptions of female attractiveness [PDF]
, 2012 Little is known about mate choice preferences outside Western, educated, industrialised, rich and democratic societies, even though these Western populations may be particularly unrepresentative of human populations.
Coetzee, Vinet +5 more
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Mate choice for neutral and MHC genetic characteristics in Alpine marmots : different targets in different contexts? [PDF]
, 2016 We warmly thank all students and Earthwatch volunteers involved in catching the marmots and the authorities of the Vanoise National Park for granting us permission to work in the Grande Sassière Nature Reserve. We thank M.
Allainé, Dominique +3 more
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‘Crazy love’: nonlinearity and irrationality in mate choice
Animal Behaviour, 2019 Choosing a mate is one of the most important decisions an animal can make. The fitness consequences of mate choice have been analysed extensively, and its mechanistic bases have provided insights into how animals make such decisions.
Michael J. Ryan +5 more
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Evolutionary Psychology, 2015 Studies of humans and non-human animals indicate that females tend to change the likelihood of choosing a potential mate based on the decisions of other females; this is known as mate-choice copying.
Yan Deng, Yong Zheng
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Advancing mate choice studies in salmonids
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2019 Mate choice in most organisms is not random, but determined by a suite of interacting traits and environmental factors. While the selective pressures underlying differences in mate choice between species, populations, individuals and even within ...
H. Auld, D. Noakes, M. Banks
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Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Although mate choice is expected to favor partners with advantageous genetic properties, the relative importance of genome‐wide characteristics, such as overall heterozygosity or kinship, versus specific loci, is unknown.
Rachel M. Petersen +3 more
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Variation in human mate choice: Simultaneously investigating heritability, parental influence, sexual imprinting, and assortative mating [PDF]
, 2011 Human mate choice is central to individuals' lives and to the evolution of the species, but the basis of variation in mate choice is not well understood. Here we looked at a large community-based sample of twins and their partners and parents (N > 20,000
Heath, Andrew C. +3 more
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An indirect cue of predation risk counteracts female preference for conspecifics in a naturally hybridizing fish Xiphophorus birchmanni. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Mate choice is context dependent, but the importance of current context to interspecific mating and hybridization is largely unexplored. An important influence on mate choice is predation risk.
Pamela M Willis +2 more
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Characterization of spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta microsatellite loci [PDF]
, 2003 We have isolated 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the spotted hyena,Crocuta crocuta.The loci displayed between eight and 14 alleles in a minimum of 12 individuals tested.
Altschul +18 more
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Biology, 2018 Animals often use public information for mate-choice decisions by observing conspecifics as they choose their mates and then copying this witnessed decision.
Klaudia Witte +3 more
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