Origin of a controversy
Origin of a controversy By Brendan Borrell ARTICLE EXTRAS 1 it was a leap of faith to test whether females might choose males based on asymmetry between the left and right sides of the body. Such asymmetry had been known to correlate with stress and other environmental factors, but not to mate selection. M?ller is a strong proponent of the "good genes" model of sexual selection, 2,3 which holds that certain characteristics, for example, the tail feat
Jan 1, 2007
Origin of a controversy

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