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The opportunity for selection for males (IM, blue) and females (IF, red) by birth year. The solid black line is the opportunity for sexual selection Imates, and the black dotted line represents the proportion of all selection explained by sexual selection. The strength of sexual selection decreases markedly over time, both in absolute terms and as a proportion of all selection.
