Carotenoids are among the most prevalent pigments used in animal signals and are also
important for a range of physiological functions. These concomitant roles have made …

Zebra finches are an important model for vocal learning and avian mate choice. The two are
contingent on each other: males' learned songs are addressed at females with learned …

Biological invaders represent one of the primary threats to the maintenance of global
biodiversity, human health, and the success of human economic enterprises. The continuing …

Understanding the causes and consequences of variation in the rate of recombination is
essential since this parameter is considered to affect levels of genetic variability, the efficacy …

Research on mate choice has primarily focused on preferences for quality indicators,
assuming that all individuals show consensus about who is the most attractive. However, in …

Mate choice studies routinely assume female preferences for indicators of high quality in
males but rarely consider developmental causes of within-population variation in mating …

Numerous studies have reported associations between heterozygosity in microsatellite
markers and fitness‐related traits (heterozygosity–fitness correlations, HFCs). However, it …

The goal of captive breeding programmes is often to maintain genetic diversity until re‐
introductions can occur. However, due in part to changes that occur in captive populations …

Male reproductive success depends on the competitive ability of sperm to fertilize the ova,
which should lead to strong selection on sperm characteristics. This raises the question of …

In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the availability of high density genetic
marker data for both model and non‐model organisms. A potential application of these data …