Evolución de la selección sexual en la naturaleza:
Un vistazo a la ignorada selección sexual femenina
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https://doi.org/10.29105/bys7.13-99Keywords:
courtship, female cryptic choice, female preferences, intralocus conflict, interlocus conflict, antagonistic coevolutionAbstract
Since Darwin set his journey on the Beagle nearly 200 years ago, and became marveled with multiple courtship strategies, there have been great advances in the sexual selection field. These advances have permitted to quit, to some extent, the conservative vision of the Victorian era in which the study of reproductive behavior began. Nevertheless, today the andocentric vision of the past era continue to influence the hypotheses formulated in this regard. This problem has been pointed out recently, thus the different proposals for its resolution concur in the urgency for a holistic perspective, which must necessarily include the feminine and queer point of view. In this essay, we explore the female cryptic choice from an evolutionary point of view, considering mechanisms, processes, and results of some studies that have led the sexual selection to be understood in two ways: as an adaptive result or simply as a result of coevolution.
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