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On the logic of Fisherian sexual selection.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jul 2020
Veller Carl, Muralidhar Pavitra, Haig David
Abstract excerpt
In Fisher's model of sexual selection, a female preference for a male trait spreads together with the trait because their genetic bases become correlated. This can be interpreted as a "greenbeard" system: a preference gene, by inducing a female to mate with a trait-bearing male, favors itself because the male is disproportionately likely also to carry the preference gene. Here, we use this logic to argue that...
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