sexual selection
Sexual selection refers to the process by which certain inherited traits that enhance the ability to attract mates become more prevalent in a population over time, due to individuals with those traits having a higher likelihood of successful reproduction.
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Related Concepts (22)
- courtship behavior
- direct benefits
- evolutionary theory
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- good genes hypothesis
- handicap principle
- honest signaling
- indirect benefits
- intersexual selection
- intrasexual competition
- mate choice
- mating systems
- natural selection
- parental investment
- red queen hypothesis
- reproductive success
- runaway sexual selection
- selective pressure
- sexual conflict
- sexual dimorphism
- sperm competition
- theory of costly signaling
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