The selection or choice of sexual partner in animals. Often this reproductive preference is based on traits in the potential mate, such as coloration, size, or behavioral boldness. If the chosen ones are genetically different from the rejected ones, then NATURAL SELECTION is occurring.
    

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Unmarriages : women, men, and sexual unions in the Middle Ages / Ruth Mazo Karras.

Love and instinct / Glenn Wilson.

The dawn of the deed : the prehistoric origins of sex / John A. Long.

Mating intelligence unleashed : the role of the mind in sex, dating, and love / Glenn Geher, Scott Barry Kaufman.

Santé, médecine et sciences de l'évolution : une introduction / Frédéric Thomas, Michel Raymond.

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Unmarriages : women, men, and sexual unions in the Middle Ages / Ruth Mazo Karras.

Love and instinct / Glenn Wilson.

The dawn of the deed : the prehistoric origins of sex / John A. Long.

Mating intelligence unleashed : the role of the mind in sex, dating, and love / Glenn Geher, Scott Barry Kaufman.

Santé, médecine et sciences de l'évolution : une introduction / Frédéric Thomas, Michel Raymond.