2022
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8790
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Non‐visual cues and indirect strategies that enable discrimination of asymmetric mates

Abstract: The postulates of developmental instability–sexual selection hypothesis is intensely debated among evolutionary biologists, wherein despite a large amount of empirical data, evidence for or against it has been largely inconclusive. A key assumption of this hypothesis is that animals assess symmetry in potential mates as an indicator of genetic quality (developmental stability), and consequently use this information to discriminate against those with higher asymmetries while choosing mates. However, the percept… Show more

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