Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger: detoxification ability as an honest sexually selected signal
I. G-Santoyo, D. Gonzalez-tokman, M. Tapia-Rodriguez, A. Cordoba-Aguilar
The paper shows that detoxification ability in damselflies is linked to the production of sexually selected pigments, suggesting a mechanism for honest signaling of individual quality.
DOI 10.1111/1365-2435.13798