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Status‐dependence and morphological trade‐offs in the expression of a sexually selected character in the mite, Sancassania berlesei by Radwan, J., Unrug, J., Tomkins, J. L.

“…In the male dimorphic mite Sancassania berlesei, fighter males kill rivals with a pair of armoured legs whereas scrambler males are benign with unmodified…”
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Testing the status‐dependent ESS model: population variation in fighter expression in the mite Sancassania berlesei by Tomkins, J. L., LeBas, N. R., Unrug, J., Radwan, J.

“…The conditional evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) with status‐dependent tactics is the most commonly invoked ESS for alternative reproductive tactics within…”
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Effectiveness of sexual selection in preventing fitness deterioration in bulb mite populations under relaxed natural selection by Radwan, J., Unrug, J., Śnigórska, K., Gawrońska, K.

“…Under the ‘good genes’ mechanism of sexual selection (SS), females benefit from mate choice indirectly: their offspring inherit genes of the preferred, high…”
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Alternative phenotypes and sexual selection: can dichotomous handicaps honestly signal quality? by Unrug, Juliusz, Tomkins, Joseph L., Radwan, Jacek

“…is condition dependent:‘fighter’ armed with thickened and sharp third pairs of legs emerge from heavier nymphs than unarmoured‘scrambler’. We selected on male…”
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