SIGNALING EFFICACY DRIVES THE EVOLUTION OF LARGER SEXUAL ORNAMENTS BY SEXUAL SELECTION
Why are there so few small secondary sexual characters? Theoretical models predict that sexual selection should lead to reduction as often as exaggeration, and yet we mainly associate secondary sexual ornaments with exaggerated features such as the peacock's tail. We review the literature on ma...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920633/ |