While it is widely acknowledged that Darwin's descriptions of females were gender-biased,
gender bias in current sexual selection research is less recognized. An examination of the …

Synopsis “Sex” is often used to describe a suite of phenotypic and genotypic traits of an
organism related to reproduction. However, these traits—gamete type, chromosomal …

Sexual selection has been a popular subject within evolutionary biology because of its
central role in explaining odd and counterintuitive traits observed in nature. Consequently …

This study investigates the impact of education on women's empowerment in the realm of
mate selection within Malakand Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Employing a …

Starving animals must balance their resources between immediate survival and future
reproduction. False widow spiders, Steatoda grossa, inhabit indoor settings with scarce …

Background We used college-level evolution textbooks to examine the presentation of
sexual selection research—a field with ongoing debates related to sex, sexuality and gender …

Women's education has pivotal role in their empowerment at most of the societal and
communal affairs including decisional powers in mate selection. Education encourages …

This is the first book to cover and explore the rules and exceptions in biology. It presents
past and current perspectives on the subject and discusses the various situations of …

In this chapter, we deal with the change from the exception to the rule in biological systems,
both by the action of nature and by the changes that occur due to human action. We talk …

In this chapter, we look at the other side, the cases where the rules have become
exceptions. The factors responsible for these changes are diverse. Let us consider, for …