Could sexual selection be driven by the mistaken inferences of young females?

• Tamra C. Mendelson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tamra C. Mendelson, Gail L. Patricelli, Eileen A. Hebets

  * E-mail: tamram@umbc.edu (TCM); gpatricelli@ucdavis.edu (GLP); ehebets2@unl.edu (EAH)

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2938-3829

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• Gail L. Patricelli ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tamra C. Mendelson, Gail L. Patricelli, Eileen A. Hebets

  * E-mail: tamram@umbc.edu (TCM); gpatricelli@ucdavis.edu (GLP); ehebets2@unl.edu (EAH)

  Affiliation Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3397-8390

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• Eileen A. Hebets

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tamra C. Mendelson, Gail L. Patricelli, Eileen A. Hebets

  * E-mail: tamram@umbc.edu (TCM); gpatricelli@ucdavis.edu (GLP); ehebets2@unl.edu (EAH)

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

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