Question for ev bio people about the handicap principle in sexual selection.pic.twitter.com/DWVJi864Ez
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@KevinSimler@sarahdoingthing a strong phenotype as they have withstood the downside the handicap would confer
@jmzwar @sarahdoingthing Yes. But why do females prefer males who handicap themselves (and then overcome it), rather than no-nonsense males?
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@KevinSimler@jmzwar why don't companies just hire smart, industrious people with no useless degree? it's too expensive to tell -
@sarahdoingthing@jmzwar No that's a bad analogy! Better analogy is if someone got a degree with one hand tied behind back. Would u hire - 9 more replies
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@KevinSimler@sarahdoingthing It's best genotype in the male population. The bigger the handicap - tougher the test was on the individual -
@jmzwar@sarahdoingthing But the handicap itself is also part of the genotype! - 1 more reply
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