Article
A potential resolution to the lek paradox through indirect genetic effects.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 May 2007
Miller Christine W, Moore Allen J
Abstract excerpt
Females often prefer males with elaborate traits, even when they receive no direct benefits from their choice. In such situations, mate discrimination presumably has genetic advantages; selective females will produce offspring of higher genetic quality. Over time, persistent female preferences for elaborate secondary-sexual traits in males should erode genetic variance in these traits, eventually eliminating any...
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Male
- Mating Preference, Animal
- Models, Genetic
- Selection, Genetic