Sexual selection is the
theory proposed by
Charles Darwin that states that the frequency of
traits can increase or decrease depending on the attractiveness of the bearer.
Biologists today distinguish between "male to male combat" (it is usually males who fight), "mate choice" (usually female choice of male mates) and "mate coercion" (forced mating). Traits selected for by male combat are called "weapons", and traits selected by mate choice are called "ornaments". Much attention has recently been given to cryptic female choice, a phenomenon in internally fertilising animals such as mammals and birds, where a female may simply dispose of a male's
sperm without his knowledge. The equivalent in male-to-male combat is
sperm competition.
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