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Sexually selected skin colour is heritable and related to fecundity in a non-human primate.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Nov 2014

Dubuc Constance, Winters Sandra, Allen William L, Brent Lauren J N, Cascio Julie, Maestripieri Dario, Ruiz-Lambides Angelina V, Widdig Anja, Higham James P

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Sexual selection promotes the prevalence of heritable traits that increase an individual's reproductive rate. Despite theoretically strong directional selection, sexually selected traits can show inter-individual variation. Here, we investigate whether red skin ornamentation, a rare example of a...

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PMID: 25253459
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1602
PMCID: PMC4211451

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