Simulated data for: The evolution of mating preferences for genetic attractiveness and quality in the presence of sensory bias (Q6696289)

This repository contains simulated datasets relating to the publication:  Henshaw JM, Fromhage L, Jones AG (2022) The evolution of mating preferences for genetic attractiveness and quality in the presence of sensory bias. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (doi:10.1073/pnas.2206262119) In this paper, we simulate the evolution of female preferences for multiple male ornament types (e.g., 'Fisherian', 'handicap' and 'indicator' ornaments) that differ in their associations with genes for attractiveness and for general 'quality' (operationalized as the ability to acquire resources). We allowed for ornaments to differ in their saliency to females. We also analyze the causal mechanisms generating sexual selection (e.g., 'good genes' and 'sexy sons') using causal inference.  Datasets are organised into ZIP files named after the corresponding figure in the publication. For further information see the publication and the file README.txt in this repository.