Article
Mate preference for a phenotypically plastic trait is learned, and may facilitate preference-phenotype matching.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jun 2014
Westerman Erica L, Chirathivat Napon, Schyling Elizabeth, Monteiro Antónia
Abstract excerpt
Fixed, genetically determined, mate preferences for species whose adult phenotype varies with rearing environment may be maladaptive, as the phenotype that is most fit in the parental environment may be absent in the offspring environment. Mate preference in species with polyphenisms (environmentally dependent alternative phenotypes) should therefore either not focus on polyphenic traits, be polyphenic...
Topics
- Animals
- Butterflies
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Learning
- Male
- Mating Preference, Animal
- Phenotype
- Quantitative Trait, Heritable
- Seasons