Communications Biology (Jan 2022)

The significant role of post-pairing male behavior on the evolution of male preferences and female traits

  • Nan Lyu,
  • D. Justin Yeh,
  • Huw Lloyd,
  • Yue-Hua Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02961-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Lyu and colleagues use theoretical models to examine the relationship between post-pairing male behaviors and female trait evolution. They find that male mate choosiness can be surprisingly influential on the evolution of costly female traits, but also that costly male preference and costly female traits could evolve to a polymorphic equilibrium under certain conditions.