Post-copulatory sexual selection allows females to alleviate the fitness costs incurred when mating with senescing males

Male senescence has detrimental effects on reproductive success and offspring fitness. When females mate with multiple males during the same reproductive bout, post-copulatory sexual selection that operates either through sperm competition or cryptic female choice might allow females to skew fertili...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 2019-10, Vol.286 (1913), p.20191675-20191675
Hauptverfasser:	Vuarin, Pauline, Bouchard, Alice, Lesobre, Loïc, Levêque, Gwènaëlle, Chalah, Toni, Jalme, Michel Saint, Lacroix, Frédéric, Hingrat, Yves, Sorci, Gabriele
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Biodiversity and Ecology Birds Ecology, environment Environmental Sciences Evolution Female Fertilization Life History Traits Life Sciences Male Reproduction Sexual Behavior, Animal Spermatozoa Symbiosis
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