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Mate selection-a selection for a handicap.

A. Zahavi

1975.9.1JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

DOI: 10.1016/0022-5193(75)90111-3

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It is suggested that characters which develop through mate preference confer handicaps on the selected individuals in their survival, which are of use to the selecting sex since they test the quality of the mate.

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ZAHAVI, A. Mate selection-a selection for a handicap. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, 1975, 53 1: 205–14.