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SUBMITTER: Mank JE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1560031 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20060101 1583
Theory predicts that the mechanism of genetic sex determination can substantially influence the evolution of sexually selected traits. For example, female heterogamety (ZZ/ZW) can favour the evolution of extreme male traits under Fisher's runaway model of sexual selection. We empirically test whether the genetic system of sex determination has played a role in the evolution of exaggerated male ornaments in actinopterygiian fishes, a clade in which both female-heterogametic and male-heterogametic ...[more]