On the definition of sexual selection, Fisher's model, and the evolution of waste and of signals in general.

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• Publication year

  1991

• Venue

  Animal Behaviour

• Publication date

  1991-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Philosophy

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  DOI 10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80052-1
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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