Sexual selection plays several intricate and complex roles in the related processes of local
adaptation and speciation. In some cases sexual selection can promote these processes …

Urbanisation can affect mating opportunities and thereby alter inter‐and intra‐sexual
selection pressures on sexual traits. Biotic and abiotic urban conditions can influence an …

Highlights•Infection by parasites can reduce individual fitness.•Host responses to infection
during mate choice are intended to avoid infection.•We highlight the main limitations in …

Sexually‐selected exaggerated traits tend to be unusually reliable signals of individual
condition, as their expression tends to be more sensitive to nutritional history and …

Choosing to mate with an infected partner has several potential fitness costs, including
disease transmission and infection-induced reductions in fecundity and parental care. By …

Health, facial and vocal attributes and body height of men may affect a diverse range of
social outcomes such as attractiveness to potential mates and competition for resources …

Avian plumage has captivated scientists and the public alike for generations and has been a
fundamental study system for research into signal evolution. By contrast, relatively little …

Produced amidst the still rippling effects of a pandemic and as the world experiences the
increasing burden of global warming and a rapidly changing biosphere, the second edition …

Women's preferences for men's androgen dependent secondary sexual traits are proposed
to be phenotypically plastic in response to exposure to pathogens and pathogen disgust …

Epigenetic modification of cytosine methylation states can be elicited by environmental
stresses and may be a key process affecting phenotypic plasticity and adaptation. Parasites …