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Sex-specific patterns of aging in sexual ornaments and gametes.
The American naturalist - 1 Sept 2014
Cornwallis Charlie K, Dean Rebecca, Pizzari Tommaso
Abstract excerpt
Sex differences in age-dependent mortality and reproductive success are predicted to drive the evolution of sexually dimorphic patterns of reproductive investment over life. However, this prediction has not been fully explored because it is difficult to measure primary and secondary sexual traits over the life spans of males and females. Here we studied a population of fowl, Gallus gallus, to gain longitudinal...
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