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Experimental evidence for multivariate stabilizing sexual selection

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2005

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Brooks, Rob
Hunt, John E
Blows, Mark
Smith, Michael
Bussiere, Luc
Jennions, Michael

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Society for the Study of Evolution

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Stabilizing selection is a fundamental concept in evolutionary biology. In the presence of a single intermediate optimum phenotype (fitness peak) on the fitness surface, stabilizing selection should cause the population to evolve toward such a peak. This

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Keywords: evolutionary biology; fitness; multivariate analysis; sexual selection; vocalization; analysis of variance; animal; animal behavior; animal communication; article; biological model; biometry; comparative study; evolution; female; genetic selection; Grylli Adaptive landscape; Call structure; Nonlinear selection; Selection analysis; Selection gradient; Stabilizing selection

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77795

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ANU Research Publications

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Evolution

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Journal article

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