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SUBMITTER: Schacht R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4448795 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Schacht Ryan R Borgerhoff Mulder Monique M
Royal Society open science 20150114 1
Characterizations of coy females and ardent males are rooted in models of sexual selection that are increasingly outdated. Evolutionary feedbacks can strongly influence the sex roles and subsequent patterns of sex differentiated investment in mating effort, with a key component being the adult sex ratio (ASR). Using data from eight Makushi communities of southern Guyana, characterized by varying ASRs contingent on migration, we show that even within a single ethnic group, male mating effort vari ...[more]