Continual change in mate preferences.

doi:10.1038/377420a0

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Continual change in mate preferences.

Nature - 5 Oct 1995

Iwasa Y, Pomiankowski A

Abstract excerpt

Secondary sexual characters are highly variable both within and between species. Closely related species often differ markedly in sexual morphology but hardly at all in non-sexual traits. Here we show that Fisher's runaway process of sexual selection is intrinsically unstable and naturally leads...

Topics

Biological Evolution
Models, Biological
Mutation
Reproduction
Selection, Genetic
Sex Characteristics
Sexual Behavior

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