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Female fertile phase synchrony, and male mating and reproductive skew, in the crested macaque
Scientific Reports, 2021 High social status is the primary determinant of reproductive success among group-living male mammals. Primates living in multimale–multifemale groups show the greatest variation in the strength of this link, with marked variation in reproductive skew by
James P. Higham +5 more
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Stronger net selection on males across animals
eLife, 2021 Sexual selection is considered the major driver for the evolution of sex differences. However, the eco-evolutionary dynamics of sexual selection and their role for a population’s adaptive potential to respond to environmental change have only recently ...
Lennart Winkler +3 more
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Sexual and natural selection both influence male genital evolution. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Rapid and divergent evolution of male genital morphology is a conspicuous and general pattern across internally fertilizing animals. Rapid genital evolution is thought to be the result of sexual selection, and the role of natural selection in genital ...
Clarissa M House +6 more
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Genomic Insights Into the Molecular Basis of Sexual Selection in Birds
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Sexual selection is a well-known biological process, yet the genomic basis and patterns of sexual selection are not fully understood. The extravagant ornamental plumage of peacock (Pavo cristatus) was instrumental in shaping Charles Darwin's theory of ...
Shubham K. Jaiswal +5 more
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The impact of small groups on pre‐ and postcopulatory sexual selection in polyandrous populations
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Sexual selection is a key evolutionary force but varies widely between populations. Two key factors that influence sexual selection are the extent to which females copulate with multiple males (polyandry) and variation in the social environment ...
Grant C. McDonald
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Charles Darwin published his second book “Sexual selection and the descent of man” in 1871 150 years ago, to try to explain, amongst other things, the evolution of the peacock’s train, something that he famously thought was problematic for his theory of ...
Marion Petrie
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Identification of Follower Status Based on Male Proximity Score in Crested Macaque
Hayati Journal of Biosciences, 2020 Crested macaque live in multimale-multifemale social groups where temporary association (consortship) typically occurs. Current theory and these limited qualitative observations suggest the hypothesis that behavior functions as a means for males to gain ...
Andre Pasetha +4 more
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Postcopulatory sexual selection [PDF]
Nature Reviews Genetics, 2002 The female reproductive tract is where competition between the sperm of different males takes place, aided and abetted by the female herself. Intense postcopulatory sexual selection fosters inter-sexual conflict and drives rapid evolutionary change to generate a startling diversity of morphological, behavioural and physiological adaptations.
Birkhead, T.R., Pizzari, T.
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Environmental Correlates of Sexual Signaling in the Heteroptera: A Prospective Study
Insects, 2021 Sexual selection is a major evolutionary process, shaping organisms in terms of success in competition for access to mates and their gametes. The study of sexual selection has provided rich empirical and theoretical literature addressing the ecological ...
Eleanor H. Z. Gourevitch +1 more
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Divergent preference functions generate directional selection in a jumping spider
Scientific Reports, 2023 Sexual selection has long been thought to promote speciation, but this possibility still remains a topic of controversy. Many theoretical models have been developed to understand the relationship between sexual selection and speciation, but such ...
Leonardo Braga Castilho
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