Similar preferences for ornamentation in opposite- and same-sex choice experiments.

doi:10.1111/jeb.12542

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Similar preferences for ornamentation in opposite- and same-sex choice experiments.

Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Dec 2014

Cardoso G C, Leitão A V, Funghi C, Batalha H R, Lopes R J, Mota P G

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Selection due to social interactions comprises competition over matings (sexual selection stricto sensu) plus other forms of social competition and cooperation. Sexual selection explains sex differences in ornamentation and in various other phenotypes, but does not easily explain cases where those phenotypes are similar in males and females. Understanding such similarities requires knowing how phenotypes...

Topics

Animal Communication
Animals
Choice Behavior
Color
Female
Finches
Male
Mating Preference, Animal
Phenotype
Portugal
Principal Component Analysis
Sex Factors
Social Behavior

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PMID: 25371062
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12542

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