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Could sexual selection be driven by the mistaken inferences of young females?

PLoS biology - 1 Oct 2023

Mendelson Tamra C, Patricelli Gail L, Hebets Eileen A

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A new evolutionary model of mate choice copying, published in PLOS Biology, aims to reconcile mismatches between theory and data by proposing that juvenile females mistakenly imprint on male phenotypes that were not in fact preferred by the female they copied.

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PMID: 37792710
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002321
PMCID: PMC10550161

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