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Adaptive genetic complementarity in mate choice coexists with selection for elaborate sexual traits.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Aug 2006
Oh Kevin P, Badyaev Alexander V
Abstract excerpt
Choice of genetically unrelated mates is widely documented, yet it is not known how self-referential mate choice can co-occur with commonly observed directional selection on sexual displays. Across 10 breeding seasons in a wild bird population, we found strong fitness benefits of matings between genetically unrelated partners and show that self-referential choice of genetically unrelated mates alternates with...
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