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Could sexual selection be driven by the mistaken inferences of young females?

A new evolutionary model of mate choice copying, published in PLOS Biology, aims to reconcile mismatches between theory and data by proposing that juvenile females mistakenly imprint on male phenotypes that were not in fact preferred by the female they copied.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mendelson, Tamra C., Patricelli, Gail L., Hebets, Eileen A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10550161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37792710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002321