Runaway ornament diversity caused by Fisherian sexual selection.

doi:10.1073/pnas.95.9.5106

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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

Abstract excerpt

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 evoluti...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Female
Male
Mathematics
Models, Biological
Mutation
Sex Characteristics
Sexual Behavior, Animal

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