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Does the handicap principle explain the evolution of dimorphic ornaments?

• We reinvestigate a new model based on the handicap hypothesis. • We show the handicap hypothesis does not explain male dimorphisms. • The results are due to the ‘playing-the-field’ assumption of the model. • The generality of the ‘playing-the-field’ assumption is suspect. • The evolutionary stabil...

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Autores principales: Számadó, Szabolcs, Penn, Dustin J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academic Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5910170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29695873
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.01.005