Sexual selection

Forked fungus beetle, Bolitotherus cornutus
Photo: S. Cresswell, http://bugguide.net/node/view/7715

Lecture bibliography

Andersson, M. 1994. Sexual selection. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.

Andersson, M. and Y. Iwasa. 1996. Sexual selection. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11: 53-58.

Arnqvist, G. and L. Rowe. 2005. Sexual conflict. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.

Bakker, T. C. M. 1993. Positive genetic correlation between female preference and preferred male ornament in sticklebacks. Nature 363: 255-257.

Basolo, A. L. 1995. Phylogenetic evidence for the role of preexisting bias in sexual selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 50: 365-375.

Berglund, A., G. Rosenqvist, and I. Svensson. 1986. Mate choice, fecundity, and sexual dimorphism in two pipefish species (Sygnathidae). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 19: 301-307.

Conner, J. 1988. Field measurements of natural and sexual selection in the fungus beetle, Bolitotherus cornutus. Evolution 42: 735-749.

Hamilton, W. J. and M. Zuk. 1982. Heritable true fitness and bright birds: a role for parasites? Science 218: 384-387.

Houde, A. E. 1997. Sex, color, and mate choice in guppies. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.

Houde, A. E. and J. A. Endler. 1990. Correlated evolution of female mating preferences and male color patterns in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata. Science 248: 1405–1408.

Jones, A. G., G. Rosenqvist, A. Berglund, S. J. Arnold, and J. C. Avise. 2000. The Bateman gradient and the cause of sexual selection in a sex-role-reversed pipefish. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 267:677-680

Kang, J H., M. Schartl, R. B. Walter and A. Meyer. 2013. Comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of all species of swordtails and platies (Pisces: Genus Xiphophorus) uncovers a hybrid origin of a swordtail fish, Xiphophorus monticolus, and demonstrates that the sexually selected sword originated in the ancestral lineage of the genus, but was lost again secondarily. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13:25

Kirkpatrick, M. 1982. Sexual selection and the evolution of female choice. Evolution 36: 1-12.

Kirkpatrick, M. and M. J. Ryan. 1991. The evolution of mating preferences and the paradox of the lek. Nature 350: 33-38.

Kokko, H., Jennions, M.D. & Brooks, R. 2006. Unifying and testing models of sexual selection. Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 37:43-66.

Kotiaho, J. S., L. W. Simmons and J. L. Tomkins. 2001. Towards a resolution of the lek paradox. Nature 410: 684-686.

Lande, R. 1981. Models of speciation by sexual selection on polygenic characters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 78: 3721-3725.

Ryan, M. J. 1990. Sexual selection, sensory systems, and sensory exploitation. Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology 7: 156-195.

Stanton, M. L., A. A. Snow, and S. N. Handel. 1986. Floral evolution: attractiveness to pollinators increases male fitness. Science 232: 1625-1627.

Zahavi, A. 1975. Mate selection—a selection for a handicap. Journal of Theoretical Biology 53: 205-214.