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SOCIAL SELECTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL SIGNALS

Tanaka, Yoshinari·1996·Evolution
DOI 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03864.x
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Social selection is presented here as a parallel theory to sexual selection and is defined as a selective force that occurs when individuals change their own social behaviors, responding to signals sent by conspecifics in a way to influence the other individuals' fitness. I analyze the joint evolution of a social signal and behavioral responsiveness to the signal by a quantitative-genetic model. The equilibria of average phenotypes maintained by a balance of social selection and natural selection and their stability are examined for two alternative assumptions on behavioral responsiveness, neutral and adaptive. When behavioral responsiveness is neutral on fitness, a rapid evolution by runaway selection occurs only with enough genetic covariance between the signal and responsiveness. The condition for rapid evolution also depends on natural selection and the number of interacting individuals. When signals convey some information on signalers (e.g., fighting ability), behavioral responsiveness is adaptive such that a receiver's fitness is also influenced by the signal. Here there is a single point of equilibrium. The equilibrium point and its stability do not depend on the genetic correlation. The condition needed for evolution is that the signal is beneficial for receivers, which results from reliability of the signal. Frequency-dependent selection on responsiveness has almost no influence on the equilibrium and the rate of evolution.

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Authors
Tanaka, Y.
Affiliations
The University of Tokyo (JP)
Corresponding author
Tanaka, Yoshinari
ORCID
Tanaka, Yoshinari
Venue
Evolution
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1996-04
Volume
50
Issue
2
Pages
512-523
ISSN
0014-3820 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03864.x
OpenAlex
W2037798704
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3.11
Type
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Language
en
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Funders
Japan Society of Promotion of Sciences
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Keywords
social selection, animal signals, signal evolution, runaway selection, behavioral responsiveness, genetic correlation, equilibrium stability, frequency-dependent selection, signal reliability, fighting ability, quantitative genetics

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