We've known awhile that in many species, females prefer the most extravagant and flashy males. We've also known that when individuals choose mates that are highly related to them, it's often a bad thing, leading to offspring of poorquality.
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What we find is when you take into account seasonal changes in the population, it creates a scenario where there are two rounds of mate choice. A female that is choosing early has a different pool of available mates to choose from.
We've known awhile that in many species, females prefer the most extravagant and flashy males. We've also known that when individuals choose mates that are highly related to them, it's often a bad thing, leading to offspring of poor quality.
What's unique about this study is because we have such detailed information on the population, we could say on any given date who was available to any given female and how that affected how she chose.
This quote is just one of 4 total Kevin Oh quotes in our collection. Kevin Oh is known for saying 'We've known awhile that in many species, females prefer the most extravagant and flashy males. We've also known that when individuals choose mates that are highly related to them, it's often a bad thing, leading to offspring of poor quality.' as well as some of the following quotes.