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sensory drive: a standalone construct

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Evolutionary biology

the idea that local signaling conditions and receivers' sensory systems shape the direction in which signals and preferences evolve.

In evolutionary biology, sensory drive refers to the idea that local signaling conditions and receivers' sensory systems shape the direction in which signals and preferences evolve. This meaning comes from Endler (1992) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

Endler, J. A. (1992). Signals, Signal Conditions, and the Direction of Evolution. The American Naturalist, 139, S125-S153. https://doi.org/10.1086/285308

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