Sexual Selection and Condition-Dependent Mate Preferences

Samuel Cotton; Jennifer Small; Andrew Pomiankowski

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Sexual Selection and Condition-Dependent Mate Preferences

Samuel Cotton Jennifer Small Andrew Pomiankowski

Current Biology Vol. 16 No. 17 pp. R755-R765 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Sep 01, 2006
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Samuel Cotton, Jennifer Small, Andrew Pomiankowski (2006). Sexual Selection and Condition-Dependent Mate Preferences. Current Biology, 16(17), R755-R765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.022

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