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The 99 pages that link to Sexual selection, each with the reason it gives.

• Sexual dimorphismRelated: Competition for mates and mate choice can favor traits that differ between males and females.

• Animal communicationRelated: Mate-attraction signals can evolve because they improve access to mating opportunities.

• Parental careRelated: Potential care can influence mate choice and competition between parents.

• Sexual reproductionRelated: Competition for mates and mate choice arise from reproduction through gametes.

• Evolutionary psychologyRelated: It offers explanations for psychological differences linked to courtship and competition.

• AmplexusRelated: Competition and mate choice can shape which males secure and maintain an embrace.

• Behavioral ecologyRelated: It explains behaviors that increase mating success, even when they reduce survival.

• Bird plumageRelated: Plumage ornaments can influence mate choice and competition.

• CeratopsiaRelated: It is one proposed explanation for the diversity and display value of ceratopsian skull ornaments.

• Internal fertilizationRelated: Internal sperm transfer can intensify competition over mates and fertilization.

• Evolutionary game theoryRelated: Competition and mate choice create strategic interactions that shape traits.

• MonogamyRelated: Competition for mates and mate choice can favor or undermine monogamous arrangements.

• Mating systemRelated: Differences in mating success help shape the traits and behaviors found in each system.

• SociobiologyRelated: It helps explain courtship, mating competition, and sex differences in behavior.

• Assortative matingRelated: Mate preferences can produce assortative pairing while also shaping sexual selection.

• SpermatophoreRelated: Differences in spermatophore size and composition can affect reproductive success.

• Cranial ornamentationRelated: Display ornaments may evolve because they affect mate choice or competition.

• Sexual size dimorphismRelated: Mate competition and preference can favor larger bodies in one sex.

• Brood careRelated: Care can shape mate choice and competition when one sex invests more.

• CentrosaurusRelated: It offers one explanation for the evolution of Centrosaurus's conspicuous skull ornamentation.

• CichlidRelated: Mate choice and competition help shape cichlid coloration and reproductive diversity.

• HornsRelated: Horn size and display can influence mate choice and competitive outcomes.

• OogamyRelated: Differences between egg and sperm can shape competition and reproductive strategies.

• Parental care in amphibiansRelated: Who provides care can shape mate choice and competition between the sexes.

• IguaniaRelated: Displays, colors, and territorial behavior shape reproduction in many iguanian lizards.

• PachycephalosauriaRelated: Display hypotheses propose that elaborate skull shapes helped pachycephalosaurs attract or compete for mates.

• Parental care in fishRelated: Care can shape mate choice and competition over which sex tends offspring.

• StyracosaurusRelated: It is one proposed explanation for elaborate ceratopsian skull features.

• Wild goatRelated: Competition among males favors body size and horns used in rival contests.

• Animal colorationRelated: Colorful ornaments can affect mate choice, though their costs and benefits vary.

• Havelock EllisRelated: Ellis drew on evolutionary ideas when discussing courtship and sexual difference.

• Irish elkRelated: It is one proposed evolutionary explanation for the enlargement of male antlers.

• Alpine ibexRelated: Large male horns can influence contests and access to mates.

• MaleRelated: In some species, male traits evolve through competition for mates or mate choice.

• Golden pheasantRelated: Mate choice helps explain the evolution of the male's conspicuous colors.

• Proboscis monkeyRelated: The male’s enlarged nose may function as a signal in competition and mate choice.

• CopulationRelated: Competition and mate choice can influence copulation and its frequency.

• Ocellated turkeyRelated: Its colorful males and courtship displays are commonly interpreted through mate choice.

• PachyrhinosaurusRelated: It is one proposed explanation for elaborate horns, bosses, and frills.

• PloceidaeRelated: In several weavers, male plumage and nest displays influence mate choice.

• TapejaridaeRelated: Sexual display is one proposed explanation for the conspicuous crests of some tapejarids.

• AmargasaurusRelated: Display or mate competition could explain conspicuous spines, but their role is unconfirmed.

• Atlantic canaryRelated: Differences in song and display can shape mating among Atlantic canaries.

• BustardRelated: Elaborate bustard displays and pronounced differences between sexes are shaped by mate choice.

• Common nightingaleRelated: Male song can influence mating success and competition during the breeding season.

• Evolution of sexual reproductionRelated: It helps explain the evolution of courtship, competition, and reproductive differences.

• FrigatebirdRelated: Female choice favors males whose inflated pouches and calls attract mates.

• Green pheasantRelated: It offers a framework for investigating the evolution of the male’s conspicuous green plumage.

• Japanese rhinoceros beetleRelated: Competition among males helps explain the evolution of conspicuous horns.

• KoelRelated: The male’s repeated, far-carrying calls can function in mate attraction and competition.