Our new paper was published online this week. We present a meta-analysis quantifying the correlation between parasite load and the expression of sexual ornaments across the animal kingdom. Interestingly, we find a significant negative relationship, but only for parasites that are able to transmit during sex, or for ornaments that can be expressed dynamically. This was a great collaboration led by Jess Stephenson at Pittsburgh
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