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Current Biology, 2011 Sexual selection is a concept that has probably been misunderstood and misrepresented more than any other idea in evolutionary biology, confusion that continues to the present day. We are not entirely sure why this is, but sexual politics seems to have played its role, as does a failure to understand what sexual selection is and why it was initially ...
Hosken, David J. +1 more
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Sexual selection and speciation: a meta-analysis of comparative studies. [PDF]
Evol LettInternational audienceUnderstanding the drivers of biodiversity is a central goal in evolutionary biology. In particular, sexual selection has long been proposed as a potential catalyst of speciation, but empirical evidence remains inconclusive. Here, we
Janicke T +4 more
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Cascading effects of pre-adult survival on sexual selection
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Sexual selection influences broad-scale patterns of biodiversity. While a large body of research has investigated the effect of mate competition on sexual selection, less work has examined how pre-adult life history influences sexual selection. We used a
Hope Klug, Chelsea Langley, Elijah Reyes
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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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Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 2019 International ...
Janicke, Tim, Morrow, Edward
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