title: Evolution: Sex Limits Adaptation.
abstract: Evolution is affected by survival of individuals and by mate choice, but how sexual selection affects adaptation remains unclear. A new study finds that sexual selection can limit adaptation by causing male-induced harm to females and thus opposing natural selection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK. Electronic address: p.nosil@sheffield.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Patrik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nosil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D049750:Genome, Insect; D008297:Male; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012641:Selection, Genetic