Genital Evolution: Blurring the Battle Lines between the Sexes

Clarissa M. House; Zenobia Lewis

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.052

Genital Evolution: Blurring the Battle Lines between the Sexes

Clarissa M. House, Zenobia Lewis

University of Exeter

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Abstract

The rapid, divergent evolution of genitalia is a general trend in animals and likely influenced by sexual selection. Contrary to previous ideas, an intriguing new study suggests that sexual selection by sexual conflict can promote the evolution of both male and female genitalia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R1013-R1014
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	17
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.052
Publication status	Published - 4 Dec 2007
Externally published	Yes

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