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Preferring the fittest mates: an analytically tractable model.

Journal of theoretical biology - 21 Jan 2013

Schindler Susanne, Breidbach Olaf, Jost Jürgen

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We develop an analytically tractable model of female preference for fit mates. Our population-genetic model allows to trace the dynamics at both the individual and the population level. The preference for fit mates links ecological adaptation and mating success is individually advantageous and causes polymorphic subpopulations. This polymorphism is a strong and stable clustering in genotype and phenotype space....

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PMID: 23036914
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.09.018

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