Evolution of mate choice in the wild

Erik Postma (), Simon C. Griffith and Robert Brooks
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Erik Postma: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
Simon C. Griffith: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
Robert Brooks: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales

Nature, 2006, vol. 444, issue 7121, E16-E16

Abstract: Abstract Arising from: A. Qvarnström, J. E. Brommer & L. Gustafsson Nature 441, 84–86 (2006); Qvarnström et al. reply Qvarnström et al.1 test whether the preference of female collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) for males with large forehead patches could have evolved as a by-product of selection acting on male patch size2. They find that the crucial genetic correlation between female choice and male patch size is not significant, and conclude that preference for large patches must have been shaped directly by selection. However, their use of the patch size of a female's social partner as a measure of choice is incomplete, and will result in low estimates of the potential for direct selection to shape female preference. Their study is therefore unable to resolve the question of how female preference for large forehead patches has evolved3.

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