Effects of female preference intensity on the permissiveness of sexual trait polymorphisms Ponkshe, Aditya and Endler, John A. 2018, Effects of female preference intensity on the permissiveness of sexual trait polymorphisms, Ecology and evolution, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 4518-4524, doi: 10.1002/ece3.3957. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads endler-effectsoffemale-2018.pdf Published version application/pdf 650.21KB 107 Title Effects of female preference intensity on the permissiveness of sexual trait polymorphisms Author(s) Ponkshe, Aditya Endler, John A. orcid.org/0000-0002-7557-7627 Journal name Ecology and evolution Volume number 8 Issue number 9 Start page 4518 End page 4524 Total pages 7 Publisher Wiley Open Access Place of publication Chichester, Eng. Publication date 2018-05 ISSN 2045-7758 2045-7758 Keyword(s) assortative mating fisher process null model polymorphism permissiveness sexual selection Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Ecology Evolutionary Biology Environmental Sciences & Ecology COLOR POLYMORPHISMS MATING PREFERENCES GUPPY POPULATIONS GENETIC MODELS SELECTION EVOLUTION SPECIATION MAINTENANCE CHOICE PARADOX Summary Recent developments in sexual selection theory suggest that on their own, mate preferences can promote the maintenance of sexual trait diversity. However, how mate preferences constrain the permissiveness of sexual trait diversity in different environmental regimes remains an open question. Here, we examine how a range of mate choice parameters affect the permissiveness of sexual trait polymorphism under several selection regimes. We use the null model of sexual selection and show that environments with strong assortative mating significantly increase the permissiveness of sexual trait polymorphism. We show that for a given change in mate choice parameters, the permissiveness of polymorphism changes more in environments with strong natural selection on sexual traits than in environments with weak selection. Sets of nearly stable polymorphic populations with weak assortative mating are more likely to show accidental divergence in sexual traits than sets of populations with strong assortative mating. The permissiveness of sexual trait polymorphism critically depends upon particular combinations of natural selection and mate choice parameters. Language eng DOI 10.1002/ece3.3957 HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Grant ID ARC DP110101421 ARC DP150102817 Copyright notice ©2018, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30107715 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (open access) Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 18 Apr 2018, 16:56:32 EST Thu, 19 Apr 2018, 05:01:46 EST Thu, 19 Apr 2018, 06:04:28 EST Fri, 20 Apr 2018, 11:10:55 EST Fri, 20 Apr 2018, 11:14:47 EST Fri, 20 Apr 2018, 14:24:34 EST Sat, 02 Jun 2018, 02:30:30 EST Wed, 01 Aug 2018, 12:31:46 EST Wed, 01 Aug 2018, 12:33:51 EST Wed, 01 Aug 2018, 12:34:54 EST Mon, 13 Aug 2018, 10:09:36 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 19:14:33 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 410 Abstract Views, 109 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 18 Apr 2018, 16:56:32 EST