Sexual conflict as a partitioning of selection.
Sexual conflict appears to be a powerful force in evolution. We suggest that selection theory can readily be adapted for cases of sexual conflict and illustrate how it can provide a new perspective on what traits cause conflict and might respond to its presence. Use of selection theory resolves some terminological confusion, provides operational measures of conflict and generates a conceptual tool for parsing the causes and consequences of conflict in complex systems of male-female interactions.
Westneat
David F
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Department of Biology and Center for Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Kentucky, 101 Morgan Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0225, USA. biodfw@uky.edu
Sih
Andrew
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D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D052586:Mating Preference, Animal; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors