Sexual selection is a mode of natural selection in which members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with (intersexual selection)... 54 KB (5,786 words) - 07:10, 26 April 2024 |
Sexual selection in humans concerns the concept of sexual selection, introduced by Charles Darwin as an element of his theory of natural selection, as... 77 KB (8,819 words) - 01:49, 26 March 2024 |
Sexual selection in birds concerns how birds have evolved a variety of mating behaviors, with the peacock tail being perhaps the most famous example of... 42 KB (5,517 words) - 11:03, 10 March 2024 |
Peafowl (redirect from Sexual selection in peafowl) attract females, and the showy features of the males had evolved by sexual selection. More recently, Amotz Zahavi proposed in his handicap principle that... 52 KB (5,919 words) - 23:25, 2 April 2024 |
Sexual selection has been observed in fungi as a part of their reproduction, although they also often reproduce asexually. In the basidiomycetes, the sex... 10 KB (1,494 words) - 14:03, 16 February 2024 |
Sexual selection in spiders shows how sexual selection explains the evolution of phenotypic traits in spiders. Male spiders have many complex courtship... 17 KB (2,245 words) - 20:56, 28 April 2024 |
Sexual selection is described as natural selection arising through preference by one sex for certain characteristics in individuals of the other sex. Sexual... 12 KB (1,563 words) - 23:31, 7 March 2024 |
Sex (section Sexual reproduction) usually identified through observation of that individual's sexual characteristics. Sexual selection or mate choice can accelerate the evolution of differences... 63 KB (7,033 words) - 00:38, 30 April 2024 |
Wader (redirect from Sexual dimorphism in shorebirds) biggest factors that leads to the development of sexual dimorphism in shorebirds is sexual selection. Males with ideal characteristics favored by females... 15 KB (1,709 words) - 20:28, 2 February 2024 |
Fisherian runaway (redirect from Runaway sexual selection) Fisherian runaway or runaway selection is a sexual selection mechanism proposed by the mathematical biologist Ronald Fisher in the early 20th century... 18 KB (2,123 words) - 00:15, 28 February 2024 |
is an individual's ability to attract other people sexually, and is a factor in sexual selection or mate choice. The attraction can be to the physical... 24 KB (2,713 words) - 23:55, 7 March 2024 |
systems in the sexual selection of primates. Extant primates exhibit a broad range of variation in sexual size dimorphism (SSD), or sexual divergence in... 25 KB (3,136 words) - 17:17, 12 March 2024 |
to explain age disparity in sexual relationships in terms of natural selection and sexual selection. Within sexual selection, Darwin identified a further... 72 KB (7,753 words) - 11:11, 28 April 2024 |
found sexually attractive by many men is in agreement with sexual selection acting on human females secondary sexual characteristics. Sexual selection for... 107 KB (12,467 words) - 22:00, 28 April 2024 |
Flowering plant (section Sexual selection) characteristics acted upon by sexual selection. Sexual dimorphisms and reproductive organs can also be affected by sexual selection in flowering plants. Charles... 78 KB (6,060 words) - 18:55, 25 April 2024 |
body size and sexual dimorphism can affect one's survival. This leads to opposing pressures of natural selection and sexual selection. Larger males are... 41 KB (4,558 words) - 21:45, 4 April 2024 |
Ovis (redirect from Sexual selection in sheep) Festa-Bianchet, M; Jorgenson, J; Strobeck, C (2002). "Age-Dependent Sexual Selection in Bighorn Rams". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences... 10 KB (1,135 words) - 08:40, 25 April 2024 |
Colias eurytheme (section Sexual selection) other males. Unlike sexual selection in males, visible color differences among males do not play an important role in mate selection by females. Females... 15 KB (1,822 words) - 16:19, 9 January 2024 |
selection is a term used with varying meanings in biology. Joan Roughgarden proposed a hypothesis called social selection as an alternative to sexual... 21 KB (2,118 words) - 17:02, 25 March 2024 |
Grouse (section Sexual size dimorphism) evidence for the evolution of sexual dimorphism in grouse is sexual selection. Sexual selection favors large males; stronger selection for larger size in males... 21 KB (1,999 words) - 17:09, 21 January 2024 |