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| THE EVOLUTION OF COSTLY MATE PREFERENCES .2. THE HANDICAP PRINCIPLE |
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| Author(s): IWASA Y, POMIANKOWSKI A |
| Source: EVOLUTION Volume: 45 Issue: 6 Pages: 1431-1442 Published: SEP 1991 |
| Times Cited: 405 References: 43 |
| Abstract: We use a general additive quantitative genetic model to study the evolution of costly female mate choice by the "handicap" principle. Two necessary conditions must be satisfied for costly preference to evolve. The conditions are (i) biased mutation pressure on viability and (ii) a direct relationship between the degree of expression of the male mating character and viability. These two conditions explain the success and failure of previous models of the "handicap" principle. Our model also applies to other sources of fitness variation like migration and host-parasite coevolution, which cause effects equivalent to biased mutation. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: IWASA, Y (reprint author), KYUSHU UNIV, FAC SCI, DEPT BIOL, FUKUOKA 812, JAPAN |
Addresses:
1. UNIV OXFORD, DEPT ZOOL, OXFORD OX1 3PS, ENGLAND
2. UNIV OXFORD, DEPT ZOOL, AFRC, ECOL & BEHAV UNIT, OXFORD OX1 3PS, ENGLAND |
| Publisher: SOC STUDY EVOLUTION, 810 E 10TH STREET, LAWRENCE, KS 66044 |
| Subject Category: Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Genetics & Heredity |
| IDS Number: GH359 |
| ISSN: 0014-3820 |
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