An Evolutionary Comparison of the Handicap Principle and Hybrid Equilibrium Theories of Signaling.

The handicap principle has come under significant challenge both from empirical studies and from theoretical work. As a result, a number of alternative explanations for honest signaling have been proposed. This paper compares the evolutionary plausibility of one such alternative, the "hybrid eq...

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Main Authors: Patrick Kane, Kevin J S Zollman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4562630?pdf=render