Study: Females Become Sexual Showoffs in Cooperative Breeding Species
December 09, 2009
December 09, 2009
ITHACA, N.Y., Dec. 9 -- The Cornell University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences issued the following news release:
By Hugh Powell, staff writer
Ever since Charles Darwin coined the term sexual selection -- the idea that impressing a mate could be as evolutionarily powerful as escaping a predator -- biologists have noted that it's typically the males that develop such ornaments as antlers, fanciful tail feathers and chest-puffing courtship dances to win the . . .
By Hugh Powell, staff writer
Ever since Charles Darwin coined the term sexual selection -- the idea that impressing a mate could be as evolutionarily powerful as escaping a predator -- biologists have noted that it's typically the males that develop such ornaments as antlers, fanciful tail feathers and chest-puffing courtship dances to win the . . .