The indirect benefits of mating with attractive males outweigh the direct costs.
The fitness consequences of mate choice are a source of ongoing debate in evolutionary biology. Recent theory predicts that indirect benefits of female choice due to offspring inheriting superior genes are likely to be negated when there are direct costs associated with choice, including any costs o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-02-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC544928?pdf=render |