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Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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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 56 nodes and 167 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Delphinium, Colorado East River Valley, Potentilla.

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)

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

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

Related Concepts (7)

alternative mating tactics

theory1 shared paper

parasite-mediated sexual selection

process1 shared paper

spectrogram correlation

measurement1 shared paper

haemoparasites

phenomenon1 shared paper

energy tradeoffs

theory1 shared paper

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phenomenon1 shared paper

haemosporidian parasites

phenomenon1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Plasmodium

Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha

Passerellidae2 papers

Haemoproteus

Hirundo rustica

Hirundinidae2 papers

Ficedula hypoleuca

Muscicapidae2 papers

Leucocytozoon

Mertensia

Boraginaceae1 paper

Mertensia ciliata

Boraginaceae1 paper

Salix brachycarpa

Salicaceae1 paper

Passer domesticus

Passeridae1 paper