Sexual Selection

Bright colors, enlarged fins, feather plumes, song, horns, antlers, and tusks are often highly sex dimorphic. Why have males in many animals evolved more conspicuous ornaments, signals, and weapons than females? How can such traits evolve although they may reduce male survival? Such questions prompt...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Andersson, M. B.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1994.
Subjects:	Sexual selection in animals. Sexual behavior in animals. Sex preselection. Sexual Behavior, Animal Sex Preselection Mating Preference, Animal Copulation Sexual behavior in animals Sex preselection Sexual selection in animals Seksuele selectie. Diergedrag. Sélection sexuelle chez les animaux. Comportement sexuel des animaux.