Article
The mitonuclear compatibility hypothesis of sexual selection.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Oct 2013
Hill Geoffrey E, Johnson James D
Abstract excerpt
Why females assess ornaments when choosing mates remains a central question in evolutionary biology. We hypothesize that the imperative for a choosing female to find a mate with nuclear oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) genes that are compatible with her mitochondrial OXPHOS genes drives the evo...
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