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RLettersCharles h. pence Notre dame hps

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Why doI care?

Human psychologists

Evolutionary theorists

neuroscientists

Behavioral ecologists

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What canIt do?

What sets apart two groups?Evolutionary theorists: mating

Human psychology: foraging

Mating female females male selection males sexual mateEvolution population genetic trait traits fitness species

Preference frequency reproductive speciation evolutionary

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Information choices research about had each optimal

What sets apart two groups?Behavioral Ecology: mating

Neuroscience: Mating

Females choice size behaviour males mating female moreMate use male competition success selection test their

Sperm first traits all there fish experiment significantly

Brain neural expression auditory song response geneSystem neurons responses receptor regions forebrain

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What brings groups together?All groups versus all of pubmed-OA

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Forager ecology preferences food rape behavior patchesSelection evolution attractiveness courtship socialSpecies reward cues behavioral traits evolutionary

Reproductive mates trait predictor choices psychologySex habitat learning predation task fitness bees theory

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PMC: 'evolutionary theory'“fitness landscape” (p = 9e-16)“inclusive fitness” (p = 1e-15)“fitness correlates” (p = 2e-15)“malthusian fitness” (p = 4e-15)“fitness landscapes” (p = 4e-15)“fitness costs” (p = 6e-15)“wrightian fitness” (p = 6e-15)“token fitness” (p = 1e-14)

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