Sexual selection: does condition dependence fail to resolve the 'lek paradox'?
The 'lek paradox'--the hypothesis that females do not gain substantial genetic benefits from mate choice--could be resolved by sexually selected traits being indicative of male condition. A recent paper, however, suggests that this may not be the case in Drosophila bunnanda.
Cotton
Samuel
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Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, University of Lausanne, CH 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. samuel.cotton@unil.ch
Pomiankowski
Andrew
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D000818:Animals; D001824:Body Constitution / Q000502:physiology; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008297:Male; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*