A polymorphism in female preference for a polymorphic male trait in the swordtail fish Xiphophorus cortezi

2003 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly R Morris ◽  
Paul F Nicoletto ◽  
Elizabeth Hesselman
Keyword(s):  
Female Preference ◽  
Swordtail Fish ◽  
Male Trait

The conformation of a female preference for a composite male trait in green swordtails

2002 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 469-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra L. Basolo ◽  
Brian C. Trainor
Keyword(s):  
Female Preference ◽  
Male Trait

scholarly journals Directional female preference for an exaggerated male trait in canary ( Serinusanaria ) song

2002 ◽  
Vol 269 (1509) ◽  
pp. 2525-2531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tudor I. Drăgănoiu ◽  
Laurent Nagle ◽  
Michel Kreutzer
Keyword(s):  
Female Preference ◽  
Male Trait

IDENTIFICATION OF GENETICALLY LINKED FEMALE PREFERENCE AND MALE TRAIT

Evolution ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 2155-2165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanda T. K. McNiven ◽  
Amanda J. Moehring
Keyword(s):  
Female Preference ◽  
Male Trait

scholarly journals Veiled preferences and cryptic female choice could underlie the origin of novel sexual traits

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 20180878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda J. Moehring ◽  
Janette W. Boughman
Keyword(s):  
Female Choice ◽  
Selective Advantage ◽  
Female Preference ◽  
Cryptic Female Choice ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Fitness Advantage ◽  
Male Trait ◽  
Initial Appearance ◽  
Sexual Traits ◽  
Novel Alleles

Males in many species have elaborated sexual traits that females strongly prefer, and these traits often conspicuously differ among species. How novel preferences and traits originate, however, is a challenging evolutionary problem because the initial appearance of only the female preference or only the male trait should reduce the ability to find a suitable mate, which could reduce fitness for individuals possessing those novel alleles. Here, we present a hypothesis for how novel preferences, as well as the novel male traits that females prefer, can originate, be favoured and spread in polyandrous species. Novel preference mutations can arise as ‘veiled preferences’ that are not expressed when the corresponding male trait is not present in the population, allowing preferences to be hidden from selection, and thus persist. In those cases when a male trait is present, veiled preferences provide a selective advantage, and females disproportionately produce offspring from preferred males through either mate choice or cryptic female choice. This tips the fitness advantage for novel males, allowing both preference and trait to spread, and limiting selection against them in the absence of the corresponding trait or preference.

scholarly journals The problem of measuring trait-preference correlations without disrupting them

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1518-1521 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J Hosken ◽  
Alastair J Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Mate Choice ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Genetic Correlations ◽  
Female Preference ◽  
Experimental Designs ◽  
Evolutionary Trajectory ◽  
Male Trait ◽  
Trait Preference ◽  
Kirkpatrick Model

Abstract A key element at the heart of the Fisher–Lande–Kirkpatrick model of the sexual selection process is the genetic correlation between (male) trait and (female) preference. The strength of this association is critical in determining a population’s evolutionary trajectory, which is why estimating its magnitude is so important. In the Lande model, the trait-preference correlation is solely established and maintained by mate choice, and although it is unclear how exclusively mate choice does this in nature, the experimental designs typically employed to measure trait-preference genetic correlations could be systematically weakening estimates by not allowing free mate choice (similarly with husbandry practices). The precise impact of the problem is unknown, and possibly unknowable, but simple solutions can be applied to ensure the accuracy of trait-preference correlation estimates is maximized.

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