Sexual selection plays several intricate and complex roles in the related processes of local
adaptation and speciation. In some cases sexual selection can promote these processes …

Studies of female mate choice commonly use virgin females as test subjects, either to control
for the effects of mating or because virgin females are presumed to be more responsive to …

The uncanny valley (UV) effect is a negative affective reaction to human-looking artificial
entities. It hinders comfortable, trust-based interactions with android robots and virtual …

Background: Stickleback fishes are an outstanding model for understanding evolution and
ecology. Celebrating successes and identifying new questions, the Seventh International …

Female mate choice is much more dynamic than we once thought. Mating decisions depend
on both intrinsic and extrinsic factors, and these two may interact with one another. In this …

Female mate preferences for ecologically relevant traits may enhance natural selection,
leading to rapid divergence. They may also forge a link between mate choice within species …

Color polymorphic sexual signals are often associated with alternative reproductive
behaviors within populations, and the number, frequency, or type of morphs present often …

Adaptive divergence with gene flow often results in complex patterns of variation within taxa
exhibiting substantial ecological differences among populations. One example where this …

Adaptive radiations are characterized by the rapid proliferation of species. Explaining how
adaptive radiations occur therefore depends, in part, on identifying how populations become …

Many animals exhibit social plasticity–changes in phenotype or behaviour in response to
experience with conspecifics that change how evolutionary processes like sexual selection …