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Honest sexual signaling in turtles: experimental evidence of a trade-off between immune response and coloration in red-eared sliders Trachemys scripta elegans

Alejandro Ibáñez, Nuria Polo‐Cavia, Pílar López, José Martı́n

Die Naturwissenschaften · 2014 · 29 citations · 67 references

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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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Heritable True Fitness and Bright Birds: A Role for Parasites?

W D Hamilton, Marlene Zuk · Science · 1982 · 3.8K citations

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Ecological immunology: costly parasite defences and trade-offs in evolutionary ecology

Ben C. Sheldon, Simon Verhulst · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 1996 · 2.6K citations

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Biological signals as handicaps

Alan Grafen · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1990 · 2.5K citations

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Female sticklebacks use male coloration in mate choice and hence avoid parasitized males

Manfred Milinski, Theo C. M. Bakker · Nature · 1990 · 874 citations

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