Limits to environmental masking of genetic quality in sexual signals
J. M. Howie, H. A. C. Dawson, A. Pomiankowski, K. Fowler
The paper tests how genetic and environmental factors interact to influence male sexual ornaments in stalk-eyed flies, showing genetic signals become more visible under stress but are overwhelmed in extreme conditions.
bioRxiv · Feb 19, 2019Evolutionary Biology