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SUBMITTER: Ng SH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3939894 | biostudies-other | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ng Soon Hwee SH Shankar Shruti S Shikichi Yasumasa Y Akasaka Kazuaki K Mori Kenji K Yew Joanne Y JY
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20140210 8
Animals exhibit a spectacular array of traits to attract mates. Understanding the evolutionary origins of sexual features and preferences is a fundamental problem in evolutionary biology, and the mechanisms remain highly controversial. In some species, females choose mates based on direct benefits conferred by the male to the female and her offspring. Thus, female preferences are thought to originate and coevolve with male traits. In contrast, sensory exploitation occurs when expression of a mal ...[more]