Are there any "classic" or more well-known studies that are oft-cited for how traits that may enhance the sexual fitness of an animal may decrease its survival? I know of examples of birds with elaborate feathers getting more parasites but don't remember who showed that (wasn't it that guy who was later criticized for falsifying data? Was his work ever vindicated?) And then there's the example of antlers in cervids. but I don't know any citations offhand. I need to cite them in a paper on something else entirely but though I could easily find a couple studies, I wanted to cite the ones that "everyone cites" - the classic ones - and I wouldn't be able to figure that out easily.
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