Comment on 'Parasite defensive limb movements enhance acoustic signal attraction in male little torrent frogs'.

ABSTRACT: Zhao et al. recently reported results which, they claim, suggest that sexual selection produces the multimodal displays seen in little torrent frogs (Amolops torrentis) by co-opting limb movements that originally evolved to support parasite defense (Zhao et al., 2022). Here, we explain why we believe this conclusion to be premature.

SUBMITTER: Anderson NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10561974 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature