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Despite there being debate on the role of sexual selection causing extinction without other factors present, everyone agrees that, combined with environmental factors, sexual selection can and does cause "evolutionary suicide" or extinction due to runaway selection.<ref>https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/239/is-there-any-evidence-that-sexual-selection-may-lead-to-extinction-of-species</ref> | Despite there being debate on the role of sexual selection causing extinction without other factors present, everyone agrees that, combined with environmental factors, sexual selection can and does cause "evolutionary suicide" or extinction due to runaway selection.<ref>https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/239/is-there-any-evidence-that-sexual-selection-may-lead-to-extinction-of-species</ref> | ||