Fisherian runaway
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| - | ''The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature'', which states that human [[mate choice]]s, courtship behavior, [[Behavioural genetics|behavior genetics]], [[psychometrics]], and [[Biological life cycle|life cycle]] patterns support the survival value of traits related to sexual selection, such as art, morality, language, and creativity. He states that the adaptive design features of these traits suggest that they evolved through mutual mate-choice by both sexes to advertise intelligence, creativity, moral character, and [[heritability|heritable]] [[fitness (biology)|fitness]]. He also consistently cites the [[Fisherian runaway]], a model created by [[Ronald Fisher]] to explain phenomena such as the [[peafowl|peacock's]] [[plumage]] as forming through a [[positive feedback]] loop through sexual selection, as well as the [[handicap principle]]. | + | |
| + | '''Fisherian runaway''' or '''runaway selection''' is a [[sexual selection]] mechanism proposed by the mathematical biologist [[Ronald Fisher]] in the early 20th century, to account for the [[evolution]] of exaggerated [[Biological ornament|male ornamentation]] by persistent, directional [[mate choice|female choice]]. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Good genes hypothesis]] | ||
| + | * [[Handicap principle]] | ||
| + | * [[Secondary sex characteristic]] | ||
| + | * [[Sexy sons hypothesis]] | ||
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Fisherian runaway or runaway selection is a sexual selection mechanism proposed by the mathematical biologist Ronald Fisher in the early 20th century, to account for the evolution of exaggerated male ornamentation by persistent, directional female choice.
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