Title
Pairing off: A boom in mate choice research prompts a comprehensive look at the state of the field
Document Type
Book Review
Department or Administrative Unit
Biological Sciences
Publication Date
9-15-2017
Abstract
Great ideas can sometimes lie underrecognized for years. In the case of the science of mate choice, the waiting period was a long century after its inception in Darwin's 1871 work, The Descent of Man. In recent years, however, research on mate choice has exploded, and publications on the topic have multiplied—so much so that no researcher has dared to attempt a new synthesis since Malte Andersson’s 1994 book Sexual Selection. Until now.
Recommended Citation
Sun, L. (2017). Pairing off [Review of the book Mate Choice: The Evolution of Sexual Decision Making from Microbes to Humans, by Gil G. Rosenthal]. Science, 357(6356), 1103. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao6011
Journal
Science
Copyright
Copyright © 2017, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Comments
This book review was originally published in Science. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.
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