Describing mate preference functions and other function‐valued traits

Curves as traits: genetic and environmental variation in mate preference functions.

Study of the genetic and developmental architecture of mate preferences lags behind the study of sexual ornaments. This is in part because of the challenges involved in describing mate preferences, which are expressed as a function of variation in ornaments. We used the function-valued approach to test for genetic and environmental components of variation in female mate preferences in Enchenopa...

Genetic analysis of female preference functions as function-valued traits.

The genetic analysis of female preferences has been seen as a particularly challenging empirical endeavor because of difficulties in generating suitable preference metrics in experiments large enough to adequately characterize variation. In this article, we take an alternative approach, treating female preference as a function-valued trait and exploiting random-coefficient models to characteriz...

Describing Functions

Mate-preference drives mate-choice: Men’s self-rated masculinity predicts their female partner’s preference for masculinity

Women who rate their male partner as more masculine tend to prefer more masculine faces. However, it is unclear whether a preference for masculinity causes women to select masculine partners, or to perceive their current partner as more masculine. By incorporating multiple measures of male masculinity, we establish that women’s preference for facial masculinity in short-term partners is correla...

What predicts romantic relationship satisfaction and mate retention intensity: mate preference fulfillment or mate value discrepancies?

⁎ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 210 857 0146. E-mail address: [email protected] (D. Conroy http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.04.003 1090-5138/© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Please cite this article as: Conroy-Beam, D., e fulfillment or mate value discrepan..., Evoluti Article history: Initial receipt 18 June 2015 Final revision received 7 April 2016 Available online...