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Maynard Smith on the levels of selection question

✍ Scribed by Samir Okasha


Book ID
106372263
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
237 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0169-3867

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The theory that sexual selection may cause females to select males with a handicap is analysed by means of a simple model. It is concluded that the proposed mechanism does not produce the results claimed for it, even allowing for sex-limited inheritance of the handicap.