ArticleNature2018
High male sexual investment as a driver of extinction in fossil ostracods.
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Abstract
Sexual selection favours traits that confer advantages in the competition for mates. In many cases, such traits are costly to produce and maintain, because the costs help to enforce the honesty of these signals and cues
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