Sexual selection predicts the persistence of populations within altered environments
The effect of sexual selection on species persistence remains unclear. The cost of bearing ornaments or armaments might increase extinction risk, but sexual selection can also enhance the spread of beneficial alleles and increase the removal of deleterious alleles, potentially reducing extinction ri...
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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2021
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145990 |