Roughgarden, J and Adkins-Regan, E and Akçay, E and Crawford, JC and Gadagkar, R and Griffith, SC and Hinde, CA and Hoquet, T and O’Connor, C and Prokop, ZM and Prum, RO and Shafir, S and Snow, SS and Taylor, D and VanCleve, J and Weisberg, M (2015) Sexual Selection Studies: A NESCent Catalyst Meeting. In: PeerJ PrePrints, 3 . e680v3.
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Abstract
A catalyst meeting on sexual selection studies was held in July 2013 at the facilities of the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) in Durham, NC. This article by a subcommittee of the participants foregrounds some of the topics discussed at the meeting. Topics mentioned here include the relevance of heritability estimates to assessing the presence of sexual selection, whether sexual selection is distinct from natural selection, and the utility of distinguishing sexual selection from fecundity selection. A possible definition of sexual selection is offered based on a distinction between sexual selection as a frequency-dependent process and fecundity selection as a density-dependent process. Another topic highlighted is a deep disagreement among participants in the reality of good-genes, sexy-sons, and run-away processes. Finally, the status of conflict in political-economic theory is contrasted with the status accorded to conflict in evolutionary behavioral theory, and the professional responsibility of sexual-selection workers to consider the ethical dimension of their research is underscored.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | PeerJ PrePrints |
| Publisher: | PeerJ Preprints |
| Additional Information: | Cite this as Roughgarden J, Adkins-Regan E, Akçay E, Crawford JC, Gadagkar R, Griffith SC, Hinde CA, Hoquet T, O’Connor C, Prokop ZM, Prum RO, Shafir S, Snow SS, Taylor D, Van Cleve J, Weisberg M. 2015. Sexual selection studies: a NESCent catalyst meeting. PeerJ PrePrints 3:e680v3 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.680v3 (Has supporting information.) |
| Keywords: | Heritability, Natural Selection, Good Genes, Fecundity Selection, Sexual selection |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2021 06:13 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2021 06:13 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/68329 |
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