http://www.ngcrawford.com Evolution and more... Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:56:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.ngcrawford.com/2009/01/18/exually-antagonistic-selection-sexual-dimorphism-and-the-resolution-of-intralocus-sexual-conflict/ http://www.ngcrawford.com/2009/01/18/exually-antagonistic-selection-sexual-dimorphism-and-the-resolution-of-intralocus-sexual-conflict/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:00:56 +0000 Nick http://www.ngcrawford.com/?p=117 Haven't read much on this particular topic, but given direction that my thesis is going I gotta start brushing up on the sexual selection literature.  Anyway, this unusual review discusses the importance of sexual selection from an intra-locus perspective the essential idea being that in sexually dimorphic species single locus traits may be under different selective regimes depending upon the sex in which they are expressed (= sexually antagonistic selection).  The authors find, with some caveats, that sexually antagonistic selection may be present in as many as 17% of species that exhibit sexual dimorphism. 

• Cox R, Calsbeek R. (2009) Sexually Antagonistic Selection, Sexual Dimorphism, and the Resolution of Intralocus Sexual Conflict. American Naturalist, vol. 173 [link]

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