Animal Signals

Sexual selection & animal signals

razib | March 25, 2009

Nick Wade in The New York Times has a piece on a review on the relationships between male competition, signaling and sexual selection. If the topic interests you I strongly recommend Animal Signals, John Maynard Smith's last book.

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