Darwin's forgotten idea: The social essence of sexual selection

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 46, Issue P4, 2014, Pages 501-508

  West Eberhard, Mary Jane ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution of communication; Evolution of complexity; Female choice; Good genes; Sensory bias; Sensory systems; Sexual conflict; Social selection; Threat behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONFLICT; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MATE CHOICE; NATURAL SELECTION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84912015724     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.06.015     Document Type: Review

References (67)

1. Amundsen T. Why are female birds ornamented?. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2000, 15(4):149-155.
2. Andersson M.B. Sexual Selection 1994, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
3. Arnqvist G., Rowe L. Sexual Conflict 2005, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
4. Bateman A.J. Intrasexual selection in Drosophila. Heredity 1948, 2:349-368.
5. Benenson J.F. The development of human female competition: allies and adversaries. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B 2013, 368:20130079. 10.1098/rstb.2013.0079.
6. Sperm Competition and Sexual Selection 1998, Academic Press, London. T.R. Birkhead, Møller (Eds.).
7. Bonduriansky R. The evolution of male mate choice in insects: a synthesis of ideas and evidence. Biol. Rev. 2001, 76:305-339.
8. Brennan P., Prum R.O. The limits of sexual conflict in the narrow sense: new insights from waterfowl biology. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B. 2012, 367:2324-2338. 10.1098/rstb.2011.0284.
9. Sexual selection and the descent of man 1972, 203-211. Aldine, Chicago. B. Campbell (Ed.).
10. Christy J.H., Baum J.K., Backwell P.R. Attractiveness of sand hoods built by courting male fiddler crabs, Uca musica: test of a sensory trap hypothesis. Anim. Behav. 2003, 1:89-94.
11. Clutton-Brock T., Huchard E. Social competition and its consequences in female mammals. J. Zool. 2013, 289:151-171. 10.1111/jzo.12023.
12. Darwin C. The Origin of Species 1859 [1872], The Modern Library, Random House, New York. Facsimile of 6th ed.
13. Darwin C. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex 1871, John Murray, London. 1st ed.
14. Darwin C. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex 1871 [1877], John Murray, London, Note: this is the final definitive edition. For an 1882 reprinting of the 1877 edition online see John van Wyhe, ed. 2002, http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?pageseq=1&itemID=F955&viewtype=side. 2nd ed. revised and augmented.
15. The Autobiography of Charles Darwin and Selected Letters 1892 [1958], Dover, New York. F. Darwin (Ed.).
16. Dobzhansky T. Genetics and the Origin of Species 1937, Columbia University Press, NY.
17. Eberhard W.G. Horned beetles. Sci. Am. 1980, 242(3):166-182.
18. Eberhard W.G. Sexual Selection and Animal Genitalia 1985, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 244pp.
19. Eberhard W.G. Female Control: Sexual Selection by Cryptic Female Choice 1996, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
20. Eberhard W.G. Male-female conflict and genitalia: failure to confirm predictions in insects and spiders. Biol. Rev. 2004, 79(1):121-186.
21. Eberhard W.G. Rapid divergent evolution of sexual morphology: comparative tests of antagonistic coevolution and traditional female choice. Evolution 2004, 58(9):1947-1970.
22. Eberhard W.G. Post-copulatory sexual selection: Darwin's omission and its consequences. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2009, 106:10025-10032.
23. Emlen S., Oring L.W. Ecology, sexual selection, and evolution of mating systms. Science 1977, 197:215-223.
24. Endler J. Signals, signal conditions and the direction of evolution. Am. Nat. 1992, 139:S125-S153.
25. Enquist M., Arak A. Selection of exaggerated male traits by female aesthetic senses. Nature 1993, 361:446-448.
26. Enquist M., Arak A. Neural representation and the evolution of signal form. Cognitive Ecology: the Evolutionary Ecology of Information Processing and Decision Making 1998, 21-88. University of Chicago Press. R. Dukas (Ed.).
27. Fisher R.A. The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection 1930 [1958], Dover, NY. 2nd ed.
28. Flinn M.V., Geary D.C., Ward C.V. Ecological dominance, social competition, and coalitionary arms races: why humans evolved extraordinary intelligence. Evol. Hum. Behav. 2005, 26:10-46.
29. Ghirlanda S., Enquist M. Artificial neural networks as models of stimulus control. Anim. Behav. 1998, 56:1383-1389.
30. Hamilton W.D. Narrow roads of gene land. Evolution of Sex 2001, vol. 2. Oxford University Press, NY.
31. Hamilton W.D., Zuk M. Heritable true fitness and bright birds: a role for parasits?. Science 1982, 218:3384-3387.
32. Holland B., Rice W.R. Experimental removal of sexual selection reverses intersexual antagonistic coevolution and removes a reproductive load. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 1999, 96:5083-5088.
33. Huber B.A. The retrolateral tibial apophysis in spiders - shaped by sexual selection?. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 1995, 113:151-163.
34. Hrdy S.B. The 'one animal in all creation about which man knows the least'. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B 2013, 368:20130072. 10.1098/rstb.2013.0072.
35. Hrdy S.B. Development plus social selection in the emergence of "emotionally modern" humans. Origins and Implications of the Evolution of Childhood 2014, SAR Press, Santa Fe, NM. C.L. Meehan, A.N. Crittenden (Eds.).
36. Huxley J.S. Darwin's theory of sexual selection and the data subsumed by it, in the light of recent research. Am. Nat. 1938, 72(742):416-433.
37. Kingston T., Lara M.C., Jones G., Akbar Z., Kunz T.H., Schneider C.J. Acoustic divergence in two cryptic Hipposideros species: a role for social selection?. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 2001, 268:1381-1386. 10.1098/rspb.2001.1630.
38. Krakauer D.C., Johnstone R.A. The evolution of exploitation and honesty in animal communication: a model using artificial neural networks. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 1995, 348(1325):335-361. 10.1098/rstb.1995.0073.
39. Lande R. Models of speciation by sexual selection on polygenic traits. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 1981, 78:3721-3725.
40. Lyon B.E., Eadie J.M., Hamilton L.D. Parental choice selects for ornamenta plumage in American coot chicks. Nature 1994, 371:240-243.
41. Lyon B.E., Mongomerie R. Sexual selection is a form of social selection. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B 2012, 367:2266-2273.
42. Mas F., Kölliker M. Maternal care and offspring begging in social insects: chemical signaling, hormonal regulation and evolution. Anim. Behav. 2008, 76:1121-1131. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.06.011.
43. Mayr E. Animal Species and Evolution 1963, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
44. Mayr E. Natural selection and sexual selection. Sexual Selection and the Descent of Man 1972, 87-104. Aldine, Chicago. B. Campbell (Ed.).
45. Moynihan M. Some behavior patterns of platyrrhine monkeys II Saguinus geoffroyi and some other tamarins. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 1970, 28:1-77.
46. Murphy C.G. Interaction-independent sexual selection and the mechanisms of sexual selection. Evolution 1998, 52(1):8-18.
47. Parker G.A. Sexual selection and sexual conflict. Sexual Selection and Reproductive Competition in Insects 1979, 123-166. Academic Press, NY. M.S. Blum, N.A. Blum (Eds.).
48. Parker G.A. Sexual conflict over mating and fertilization: an overview. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B: Biol. Sci. 2006, 361:235-259. 10.1098/rstb.2005.1785.
49. Price T.D. Sexual selection and natural selection in bird Speciation. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B: Biol. Sci. 1998, 353:251-260.
50. Price T.D. Phenotypic plasticity, sexual selection and the evolution of colour patterns. J. Exp. Biol. 2006, 209:2368-2376.
51. Price T.D. Speciation in Birds 2008, Roberts & Co., Boulder, CO.
52. Rodriquez R.L., Boughman J.W., Gray D.A., Hebets E.A., Höbel G., Symes L.B. Diversification under sexual selection: the relative roles of mate preference strength and the degree of divergence in mate preferences. Ecol. Lett. 2013, 16:964-974. 10.1111/ele.12142.
53. Ryan M.J. The Túngara Frog. A Study in Sexual Selection and Communication 1985, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
54. Ryan M.J. Sexual selection, sensory systems and sensory exploitation. Oxf. Surv. Evol. Biol. 1990, 7:157-195.
55. Servedio M.R., Price T.D., Lande R. Evolution of displays within the pair bond. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 2013, 280(1757). 10.1098/rspb.2012.3020.
56. Simmons L.W. Sperm Competition and its Evolutionary Consequences in the Insects 2001, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
57. Smith W.J. The Behavior of Communicating 1977, Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA.
58. Stockley P., Bro-Jorgenson J. Female competition and its evolutionary consequences in mammals. Biol. Rev. 2011, 86:341-366. 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00149.x.
59. Stoddard P. Predation enhances complexity in the evolution of electric fish signals. Nature 1999, 400:254-256.
60. Trillo P.A., Athanas K.A., Goldhill D.H., Hoke K.L., Funk W. The influence of geographic heterogeneity in predation pressure on sexual signal divergence in an Amazonian frog species complex. J. Evol. Biol. 2012, 26:216-222.
61. Trivers R. Parental investmen and sexual selection. Sexual Selection and the Descent of Man 1972, 136-179. Aldine, Chicago. B. Campbell (Ed.).
62. West-Eberhard M.J. Temporary queens in Metapolybia wasps: non-reproductive helpers without altruism?. Science 1978, 200(4340):441-443.
63. West-Eberhard M.J. Sexual selection, social competition and evolution. Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. 1979, 123:222-234.
64. West-Eberhard M.J. Sexual selection, social competition and speciation Quart. Rev. Biol. 1983, 58:155-183. 10.1086/413215.
65. West-Eberhard M.J. Sexual selection, competitive communication and species-specific signals in insects. Insect Communication 1984, 283-324. Academic Press, NY. T. Lewis (Ed.).
66. West-Eberhard M.J. Developmental Plasticity and Evolution 2003, Oxford University Press, NY.
67. Wolf J.B., Brodie E.D., Moore A.J. Interacting phenotypes and the evolutionary process. II. Selection resulting from social interactions. Am. Nat. 1999, 153(1):254-266.