Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Sexual conflict, directional sexual selection and phenotypic plasticity jointly drive the evolution of extreme phenotypic variation
Claudia Pruvôt, Arnaud Badiane, Ingrid Dourlens…·Abderrahman Khila
The paper shows that sexual conflict and directional sexual selection, combined with phenotypic plasticity, maintain high phenotypic variation in male water striders.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.18.745420