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Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis

Scope: evolution
Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

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Knowledge graph centered on Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis with 18 nodes and 33 connections. Top connected: The effect of hemosporidian infections on white-cr, courtship displays, Potter trap, Wright-Giemsa staining, song playback experiment (Passeridae).

Definition

Males infected with parasites will have reduced mate attraction as a consequence of less enhanced secondary sexual characters due to energy allocation to immune response

Related Terms (1)

Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis

Publications (2)

student_paper

Effect of blood parasites on secondary sexual characteristics and morphology in mountain white-crowned sparrows

2018tested
article

The effect of hemosporidian infections on white-crowned sparrow singing behavior

2007Ethologyframework

Related Concepts (7)

courtship displays

phenomenon1 shared paper

parasite-mediated sexual selection

process1 shared paper

spectrogram correlation

measurement1 shared paper

haemoparasites

phenomenon1 shared paper

energy tradeoffs

theory1 shared paper

secondary sexual characteristics

phenomenon1 shared paper

haemosporidian parasites

phenomenon1 shared paper