Asked • 08/03/19

Why both sexes of the species don't show equal level of Competition?

In most species, it is seen that either males or females have evolved to be aggressive towards approaching members of the same species of the same sex and maintaining strict territorial boundaries. The logical explanation is that such behavior is advantageous in the evolutionary context. If you increase competition, then the chance of genes suited to the environment getting passed on increases. Obviously, if one male wards of another male from his territory then the genes possessed by him are positively selected for. In such a scenario, why haven't both the sexes developed a similar level of aggressive competition (Wouldn't this also increase the chance of genes that are suited to the environment getting passed on?)

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