A meta-analysis of factors influencing the strength of mate-choice copying in animals

AD Davies, Z Lewis, LR Dougherty - Behavioral Ecology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Mate-choice copying is a form of social learning in which an individual's choice of mate is
influenced by the apparent choices of other individuals of the same sex and has been …

The role of learning on insect and spider sexual behaviors, sexual trait evolution, and speciation

E Dion, A Monteiro, CM Nieberding - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We review experimental and theoretical evidence that learning in insects and spiders affects
the expression of mate preferences and of sexual signals, the evolution of both traits, and …

The role of mate‐choice copying in speciation and hybridization

SAM Varela, M Matos, I Schlupp - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mate‐choice copying, a social, non‐genetic mechanism of mate choice, occurs when an
individual (typically a female) copies the mate choice of other individuals via a process of …

Social learning by mate‐choice copying increases dispersal and reduces local adaptation

M Sapage, SAM Varela, H Kokko - Functional Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In heterogeneous environments, dispersal may be hampered not only by direct costs, but
also because immigrants may be locally maladapted. While maladaptation affects both …

Learning from in-group and out-group models induces separative effects on human mate copying

J Xie, L Li, Y Lu, J Zhuang, Y Wu, P Li… - Social Cognitive and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Mate copying is a social learning process in which individuals gather public information
about potential mates by observing models' choices. Previous studies have reported that …

Mate-choice copying accelerates species range expansion

M Sapage, M Santos, M Matos, I Schlupp… - …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mate-choice copying is a type of social learning in which females can change their mate
preference after observing the choice of others. This behaviour can potentially affect …

[HTML][HTML] Neural profiles of observing acceptance and rejection decisions in human mate choice copying

JY Zhuang, J Xie, P Li, M Fan, S Bode - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
Mate choice copying refers to an agent copying the choice for a potential sexual/romantic
partner made by a relevant model and has been observed across many species. This study …

Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Mate Choice

M Santos, SAM Varela - Illuminating Human Evolution: 150 Years after …, 2022 - Springer
Darwin suggested that female mate choice explains the evolution of exaggerated male traits,
such as an extravagant plumage in birds, which could reduce the survival chances of …

Impact of female mate copying on male morph dynamics

S Patil, S Nöbel, CS Gokhale - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Mate copying (MC), a type of non-independent mate choice, is a behaviour observed in
many vertebrate and few invertebrate species. It occurs when an individual's sexual …

Evolution of Mate-choice Copying Adapted to Environmental Changes

K Ozeki, A Mutoh, K Moriyama… - 2020 IEEE 9th Global …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nonindependent mate choice occurs when a female is influenced in her choice of a mate by
her social environment. Mate-choice copying (MCC) is a typical example of nonindependent …