Stress, developmental stability and sexual selection.

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Sexual selection may give rise to increases in the general level of stress experienced by individuals, either because intense directional selection reduces the ability of individuals to control the stable development of their phenotype, or because extravagant secondary sexual characters on their own impose stress on their bearers. Sexual selection often acts against individuals with asymmetric or otherwise...

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