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Sexual Selection

Sexual selection is a mechanism of evolution in which differential reproductive success arises from intrasexual competition for mating access and from intersexual choice of mates based on heritable trait variation.

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The descent of man and selection in relation to sex

ダーウィン チャールス, 田中 茂穂 · Tokyo Jinrui Gakkai zasshi · 1907 · 11K citations · Full text

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The psychology of sex differences

Behavior Therapy · 1975 · 5.5K citations

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Mate selection—A selection for a handicap

Amotz Zahavi · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1975 · 5.3K citations

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Sexual Behavior in the Human Male

Alfred C. Kinsey, Clyde E. Martin · Physical Therapy · 1948 · 5.2K citations · Full text

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Sex differences in human mate preferences: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures

David M. Buss · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1989 · 4.5K citations

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  1. AP
    Anders Pape Møller

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    143 publications · 15.5K citations

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  2. LW
    Leigh W. Simmons

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    156 publications · 11.9K citations

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    T. R. Birkhead

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    83 publications · 9.6K citations

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    David M. Buss

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    77 publications · 21.6K citations

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  5. MJ
    Michael J. Ryan

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    69 publications · 9.3K citations

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  1. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

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    722 publications

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  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    95 h-index

    512 publications

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  3. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

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  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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    558 publications

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  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    89 h-index

    508 publications

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  6. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    86 h-index

    539 publications

    46.9K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    84 h-index

    1.4K publications

    73.7K citations

  8. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    81 h-index

    532 publications

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  1. Nature

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  2. Evolution

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  4. Animal Behaviour

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  5. The American Naturalist

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See also

Sexual Selection

Mechanisms

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