Evolution: Natural selection, sexual selection, and the jaws of death

Michal Polak; Joseph L. Tomkins

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.077

Evolution: Natural selection, sexual selection, and the jaws of death

Michal Polak, Joseph L. Tomkins

School of Biological Sciences

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Traits that increase reproductive success in males can have negative fitness consequences in females. A new study shows that natural selection by a predator that targets males with larger secondary sexual traits drives an evolutionary increase in female fitness.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R1092-R1095
Journal	Current biology : CB
Volume	31
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.077
Publication status	Published - 27 Sept 2021

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