Wednesday, 22 August 2018

What is the relationship between sexual and natural selection?


In Evolutionary ecology: Novelty makes the heart grow fonder, they say:



Thus, it seems that the diverse coloration in this species is promoted by both natural and sexual selection.



I had always thought of sexual selection as a subset of natural selection. What's the right way to think about the relationship between the two?





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