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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 18 July 2008 04:38:00PM 3 points [-]

Sexual selection is only a candidate explanation in cases of marked sexual dimorphism -- a significant phenotypic difference between males and females, as in the peacock

Citation? A trait could be attractive in both sexes.