The eyes have it

Laurence D. Hurst () and Andrew Pomiankowski ()
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Laurence D. Hurst: University of Bath
Andrew Pomiankowski: University College London

Nature, 1998, vol. 391, issue 6664, 223-224

Abstract: Females of many species prefer mates with extravagant traits. Studies of stalk-eyed flies show that, in this case at least, such preference is linked to suppression of a selfish gene that influences the sex ratio of offspring.

Date: 1998
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