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Runaway ornament diversity caused by Fisherian sexual selection.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Apr 1998

Pomiankowski A, Iwasa Y

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Fisher's runaway process of sexual selection is potentially an important force generating character divergence between closely related populations. We investigated the evolution of multiple female preferences by Fisher's runaway process. There are two outcomes of runaway. The first is the evolution of mate preference to a stable equilibrium. This evolution occurs if the benefits of mate choice are sufficiently...

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PMID: 9560236
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.9.5106
PMCID: PMC20221

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