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The 16 pages that link to Mate choice, each with the reason it gives.

• Courtship displayRelated: A display can provide cues that potential mates use to choose partners.

• Scent markingRelated: Scent marks can reveal traits that affect mate assessment.

• Sexual attractionNarrower topic: Evolutionary accounts examine attraction in relation to partner choice, while leaving cultural and individual variation to explain.

• CourtshipRelated: Courtship is one way people express preferences and assess potential partners.

• Mating systemRelated: Partner preferences affect who mates and how stable pairings become.

• StridulationNarrower topic: Variation in stridulatory calls can influence which animals become mates.

• Assortative matingRelated: Observed mate preferences are one route through which assortative mating arises.

• The Descent of ManRelated: It supplies Darwin’s mechanism for how preferences can shape conspicuous traits over generations.

• Sexual cannibalismRelated: Cannibalism can determine which individuals mate and which are rejected or eaten.

• Sexual dichromatismRelated: Preferences for colorful partners can drive sex-specific coloration.

• DuettingRelated: Duet precision and participation can provide information relevant to partner assessment.

• BowerbirdRelated: Bowerbird displays are shaped by competition for mates and selective assessment.

• Interpersonal attractionRelated: Partner preferences are one context in which attraction shapes consequential choices.

• MatingBroader topic: Partner preferences influence which individuals mate and reproduce.

• Animal sexual behaviourRelated: Shows how preferences influence courtship and which animals reproduce.

• Coolidge effectRelated: Renewed mating with a new partner is not by itself proof of selective preference.