Continuous asymmetric scramble among adults with equal sex ratio.
Each adult rotates between mate searching, gamete production, courtship,
copulation, parental care, and recovery.
Each sex seeks strategy that minimizes its cycle time given partner behavior.
Which sex should search and which should signal?
Operational sex ratio favors sex with shortest gamete + recovery time.
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