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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
| Sumario: | • 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 stability of the proposed new equilibrium is questionable. |
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