Public versus personal information for mate copying in an invertebrate.
Curr Biol. 2009 May 12; 19(9):730-4
Gabriele Sorci
26 May 2009
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This is a very interesting article showing that invertebrates can use public information (information inadvertently provided by other individuals in the population) to select a mate.
Mate copying (females choosing a mate on the basis of the choice of other females) has been already reported in a number of taxa, including humans....
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