Fluctuating asymmetry in the redcollared widow : testing theories of sexual selection.

Sexual selection is usually invoked to explain the evolution of elaborate epigamic characters in animals. However, the mechanism by which female choice operates is poorly understood, and it is not clear whether female choice is purely aesthetic or related to male genotypic quality. It has been sugge...

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Main Author: Goddard, Keith.
Language:en_ZA
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10272