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Consequences of combining sex-specific traits.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jun 2021
Revathi Venkateswaran Vandana, Roth Olivia, Gokhale Chaitanya S
Abstract excerpt
Males and females follow distinct life-history strategies that have co-evolved with several sex-specific traits. Higher investment into parental investment (PI) demands an increased lifespan. Thus, resource allocation toward an efficient immune system is mandatory. In contrast, resources allocated toward secondary sexual signals (ornamentation) may negatively correlate with investment into immunity and ultimately...
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