Competition for access to mates predicts female-specific ornamentation and polyandry
R. L. Murray, E. J. Herridge, R. W. Ness, R. A. W. Wiberg, L. F. Bussiere
The paper examines how competition for mates influences female ornamentation and polyandry in dance flies, finding that higher female ornamentation correlates with female-biased sex ratios and increased polyandry.
bioRxiv · Dec 21, 2019Evolutionary Biology