Signal sequences

contain one or more positively charged amino acids adjacent to a continuous stretch of 6–12 hydrophobic residues (known as the hydrophobic core)

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Selection favors mating displays that maximize a male’s lifetime fitness.

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Intersexual selection - Members of one sex, usually females, choose mates based on attractive characteristics such as color of plumage or sound of courtship song.

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Runaway selection: Females choose mates without the offering of obvious material benefits or parenting skills, and instead make their choices based on plumage color or courtship peahen may choose her peacock with long tail feather.

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Handicap principle: Long tail feathers function as a sign of an individual’s genetic quality because the bearer must be able to afford this energetically costly trait. 

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Intrasexual selection - Members of one sex, usually males, compete over partners, and the winner performs most of the mating.

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Sexual dimorphism in primates