Publication Date:
2013-05-04
Description:
Byers and Dunn (Reports, 9 November 2012, p. 802) claimed that predation on offspring reduced the potential for sexual selection in pronghorn. We argue that the potential for sexual selection is not affected by random offspring mortality when relative reproductive success is considered and increases when measured with the opportunity for selection, a metric that describes the potential for selection.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bergeron, P -- Martin, A M -- Garant, D -- Pelletier, F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2013 May 3;340(6132):549. doi: 10.1126/science.1233246.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Life Sciences Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA. patrick.bergeron@dartmouth.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23641093" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antelopes/*physiology
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Female
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Male
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*Mating Preference, Animal
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*Predatory Behavior
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*Sexual Behavior, Animal
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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