SUCCESSFUL FATHERS SIRE SUCCESSFUL SONS

The Evolution of Life-histories

1993 • 12,395 citations

Sexual Selection

1994 • 6,925 citations

Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach

1983 • 2,848 citations

Comparing evolvability and variability of quantitative traits.

1992 • 2,010 citations

The lek paradox and the capture of genetic variance by condition dependent traits

1996 • 1,461 citations

SEXUAL SELECTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF FEMALE CHOICE

1982 • 1,066 citations

A Quantitative Genetic Theory of Life History Evolution

1982 • 1,036 citations

Female choice selects for extreme tail length in a widowbird

1982 • 952 citations

The logical stag: Adaptive aspects of fighting in red deer (Cervus elaphus L.)

1979 • 786 citations

THE EVOLUTION OF COSTLY MATE PREFERENCES II. THE “HANDICAP” PRINCIPLE

1991 • 700 citations

Female choice selects for male sexual tail ornaments in the monogamous swallow

1988 • 638 citations

On the resolution of the lek paradox

2008 • 631 citations

Improved growth and survival of offspring of peacocks with more elaborate trains

1994 • 455 citations

Female Mate Choice in a Neotropical Frog

1980 • 431 citations

The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection

2000 • 406 citations

Antagonistic pleiotropy, dominance, and genetic variation

1982 • 402 citations

THE EVOLUTION OF COSTLY MATE PREFERENCES I. FISHER AND BIASED MUTATION

1991 • 382 citations

Sperm selection by females

1996 • 303 citations

Female mate preference enhances offspring growth and reproduction in a fish,Poecilia reticulata

1992 • 302 citations

BENEFITS OF MULTIPLE MATES IN THE CRICKETGRYLLUS BIMACULATUS

1998 • 286 citations

Sexual selection by male–male competition in natterjack toad choruses

1983 • 270 citations

Heritable variation in a plumage indicator of viability in male great tits Parus major

1993 • 267 citations

The genetic basis of female mate preferences

1995 • 249 citations

The Role of Male Ornaments and Courtship Behavior in Female Mate Choice of Red Jungle Fowl

1990 • 244 citations

Female choice of multiple male criteria in guppies: interacting effects of dominance, coloration and courtship

1993 • 224 citations

Inter-male competition and mating success in the field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus (de Geer)

1986 • 220 citations

Mate choice increases a component of offspring fitness in fruit flies

1980 • 217 citations

The calling song of the field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus (de geer): constraints on transmission and its role in intermale competition and female choice

1988 • 204 citations

Sperm competition as a mechanism of female choice in the field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus

1987 • 201 citations

Sex-linked heritability of a sexually selected character in a natural population of Poecilia reticulata (Pisces: Poeciliidae) (guppies)

1992 • 187 citations

Reproductive effort of male northern elephant seals: estimates from mass loss

1990 • 161 citations

Sexual selection, Handicaps and true fintess

1985 • 155 citations

The contribution of multiple mating and spermatophore consumption to the lifetime reproductive success of female field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus)

1988 • 142 citations

Female Choice and the Heritability of Attractive Male Traits: An Empirical Study

1988 • 127 citations

FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF NATURAL AND SEXUAL SELECTION IN THE FUNGUS BEETLE, BOLITOTHERUS CORNUTUS

1988 • 126 citations

Female choice contributes to offspring fitness in the field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus (De Geer)

1987 • 124 citations

Sexual selection in a monomorphic lek-breeding bird: correlates of male mating success in the great snipe Gallinago media

1987 • 123 citations

THE EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS OF MALE LIFE-HISTORY CHARACTERS INDROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

1995 • 112 citations

EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS OF SEXUAL SELECTION IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

1987 • 109 citations

Central Nervous Control of Sound Production in Crickets and Some Speculations on Its Evolution

1962 • 108 citations

Female choice in a feral guppy population: are there multiple cues?

1995 • 107 citations

The inheritance of social dominance, mating behaviour and attractiveness to mates in male Nauphoeta cinerea

1990 • 102 citations

Genetic evidence for the “good genes” process of sexual selection

1994 • 98 citations

Fisherian flies: benefits of female choice in a lekking sandfly

1998 • 97 citations

Heritabilities and paradigm shifts

1997 • 87 citations

Male ornament size as a reliable cue to enhanced offspring viability in the barn swallow.

1994 • 87 citations

When are good genes good? Variable outcomes of female choice in wax moths

1997 • 86 citations

Genetic Consequences of Mate Choice: A Quantitative Genetic Method for Testing Sexual Selection Theory

1985 • 72 citations

Heritability of a male character chosen by females of the field cricket,Gryllus bimaculatus

1987 • 60 citations

PATERNAL GENOTYPE INFLUENCES INCUBATION PERIOD, OFFSPRING SIZE, AND OFFSPRING SHAPE IN AN OVIPAROUS REPTILE

1996 • 54 citations

On the Correlation between Mating Success and Offspring Quality in Drosophila melanogaster

1987 • 48 citations

INTERSEXUAL SELECTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY: DOES FEMALE CHOICE ENHANCE FITNESS?

1995 • 47 citations

CENTRAL NERVOUS CONTROL OF SOUND PRODUCTION IN CRICKETS AND SOME SPECULATIONS ON ITS EVOLUTION

1962 • 46 citations

SEXUAL SELECTION IN AMERICAN TOADS: A TEST OF A GOOD‐GENES HYPOTHESIS

1994 • 45 citations

Male copulatory success: heritability and relationship to mate fecundity in the southern green stinkbug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

1990 • 30 citations

Genetics of behavioural and morphological differences between parapatric subspecies of Chorthippus parallelus (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

1988 • 30 citations

Heritable Variation for Territorial Success in Field-Collected Drosophila melanogaster

1991 • 29 citations

A GENETIC AND BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF MATE CHOICE AND SONG NEIGHBORHOODS IN INDIGO BUNTINGS

1988 • 25 citations

SEXUAL SELECTION OPERATING IN A WILD POPULATION OFDROSOPHILA ROBUSTA

1996 • 20 citations

A Genetic and Behavioral Analysis of Mate Choice and Song Neighborhoods in Indigo Buntings

1988 • 10 citations