Sexual selection and the handicap principle
Abstract
The theory that sexual selection may cause females to select males with a handicap is analysed by means of a simple model. It is concluded that the proposed mechanism does not produce the results claimed for it, even allowing for sex-limited inheritance of the handicap.
- Publication:
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Journal of Theoretical Biology
- Pub Date:
- 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0022-5193(76)80016-1
- Bibcode:
- 1976JThBi..57..239S