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Sexual selection: does condition dependence fail to resolve the 'lek paradox'?

Current biology : CB - 1 May 2007

Cotton Samuel, Pomiankowski Andrew

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The 'lek paradox'--the hypothesis that females do not gain substantial genetic benefits from mate choice--could be resolved by sexually selected traits being indicative of male condition. A recent paper, however, suggests that this may not be the case in Drosophila bunnanda.

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PMID: 17470350
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.004

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