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Strength of female mate preferences in temperature manipulation study supports the signal reliability hypothesis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2024
Cobb Nicole E, Mason Samantha M, Tompkins Keith, Fitschen-Brown Meredith, Rios-Cardenas Oscar, Morris Molly R
Abstract excerpt
Both sexually selected traits and mate preferences for these traits can be context dependent, yet how variation in preferred traits could select for context dependent preferences has rarely been examined. The signal reliability hypothesis predicts that mate preferences vary across contexts (e.g., environments) in relation to the reliability of the information preferred traits provide in those contexts. Extensive...
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