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Towards an evolutionary ecology of sexual traits.

Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 Mar 2010

Cornwallis Charlie K, Uller Tobias

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Empirical studies of sexual traits continue to generate conflicting results, leading to a growing awareness that the current understanding of this topic is limited. Here we argue that this is because studies of sexual traits fail to encompass three important features of evolution. First, sexual traits evolve via natural selection of which sexual selection is just one part. Second, selection on sexual traits...

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PMID: 19853321
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.09.008

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