Within- and between-individual (co)variance partitioning reveals limited pleiotropic effects of testosterone on immune function, sexual signaling, and parental investment
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DOI: 10.1007/s00265-017-2308-2
Abstract: How and why individuals differ from each other is a central question in behavioral and evolutionary ecology, because selection particularly acts on this among-individual variation. It is therefore important to accurately partition phenotypic variances into… read more here.
Keywords: ecology; pleiotropic effects; sexual signaling; within individual ... See more keywords
Prosocial behavior as sexual signaling
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x16000625
Abstract: Abstract Maestripieri et al. provide an important service in highlighting prosocial biases toward attractive people from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Here I comment on the conceptual and critical side of their review of evolutionary psychology studies.… read more here.
Keywords: behavior sexual; sexual signaling; prosocial behavior; signaling prosocial ... See more keywords
Male Bicyclus anynana Butterflies Choose Females on the Basis of Their Ventral UV-Reflective Eyespot Centers
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DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iez014
Abstract: Abstract Butterflies often use their dorsal and ventral wing color patterns for distinct signaling functions. Color patterns on hidden dorsal wing surfaces are often used in sexual signaling, while exposed ventral patterns are often used… read more here.
Keywords: eyespot; reflective eyespot; bicyclus anynana; sexual signaling ... See more keywords
Effect of Wolbachia Infection and Adult Food on the Sexual Signaling of Males of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Ceratitis capitata
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DOI: 10.3390/insects13080737
Abstract: Simple Summary The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly) can infest many plant species and survive in different climatic conditions, thus leading to its invasion in new geographical regions and causing great economic losses in fruit production.… read more here.
Keywords: sexual signaling; infection; wolbachia infection; effect wolbachia ... See more keywords