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dc.contributor.authorSaxton, Tamsin Ken_UK
dc.contributor.authorLittle, Anthonyen_UK
dc.contributor.authorRowland, Hannah Men_UK
dc.contributor.authorGao, Tingen_UK
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, S Craigen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-12T23:16:24Z-
dc.date.available2013-02-12T23:16:24Zen_UK
dc.date.issued2009-09en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/10911-
dc.description.abstractIndividuals are attuned to cues of quality in potential mates. Mate quality is assessed on both an absolute scale, independent of the observer, and also on a relative scale, dependent on attributes of the observer. Much research has focused on how individuals respond to either absolute or relative quality in mate choice, but how these dimensions are weighted during mate-choice decisions is poorly understood and has recently attracted much theoretical interest. Here, we examine the interplay between women's facial preferences for a measure of absolute quality (sexual dimorphism) and one of relative quality (self-similarity). Women rated the attractiveness of male faces that had been simultaneously manipulated along the dimensions of masculinity and self-similarity in short-term and long-term relationship contexts. Sexual dimorphism had a greater positive effect on ratings than self-similarity, and masculinity and self-similarity had positive combinative effects on ratings of attractiveness. Women's coexpressed preferences for masculine faces combined with their lesser preference for subtly self-similar faces may reflect selection of good genes, promote optimal outbreeding, and give rise to directional selection, even in the presence of a general self-similarity preference.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_UK
dc.relationSaxton TK, Little A, Rowland HM, Gao T & Roberts SC (2009) Trade-offs between markers of absolute and relative quality in human facial preferences. Behavioral Ecology, 20 (5), pp. 1133-1137. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arp107en_UK
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dc.subjectattractivenessen_UK
dc.subjectface preferenceen_UK
dc.subjectfacial masculinityen_UK
dc.subjectgenetic compatibilityen_UK
dc.subjectmate choiceen_UK
dc.subjectself-similarityen_UK
dc.titleTrade-offs between markers of absolute and relative quality in human facial preferencesen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate2999-12-31en_UK
dc.rights.embargoreason[2009_Saxton etal_BehEcol.pdf] The publisher does not allow this work to be made publicly available in this Repository therefore there is an embargo on the full text of the work.en_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/beheco/arp107en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleBehavioral Ecologyen_UK
dc.citation.issn1465-7279en_UK
dc.citation.issn1045-2249en_UK
dc.citation.volume20en_UK
dc.citation.issue5en_UK
dc.citation.spage1133en_UK
dc.citation.epage1137en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailcraig.roberts@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000269956400031en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-70349473030en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid749160en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-9641-6101en_UK
dc.date.accepted2009-07-05en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2009-07-05en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2013-02-06en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorSaxton, Tamsin K|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorLittle, Anthony|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorRowland, Hannah M|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGao, Ting|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorRoberts, S Craig|0000-0002-9641-6101en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2999-12-31en_UK
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local.rioxx.filename2009_Saxton etal_BehEcol.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
local.rioxx.source1045-2249en_UK
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