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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Postcopulatory Sexual Selection"”.
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The Evolution of Fitness After Prolonged Sperm Storage
… fitness is reduced by extended cohabitation and sexual interaction with males. Yet, even if repeated sexual interactions are harmful to females, limited male exposure will ultimately be detrimental due to sperm-depletion and infertility. Females are therefore expected to balance mating …
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Mate choice and its evolutionary consequences in intertidal snails (Littorina spp.)
… contributing to offspring production, indicating postcopulatory sexual selection either by cryptic female choice and/or sperm competition. Convenience polyandry has been suggested as an explanation for the apparent lack of female precopulatory mate choice and the extreme promiscuity in L. …
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IDENTIFYING THE INFLUENCE OF SELECTIVE EPISODES AND MECHANISMS ON REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM AND DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
… and how that system influences mechanisms of postcopulatory reproductive success. I found that repeated receipt of a complete ejaculate directly benefits female reproductive success, but comes at a longevity cost to males. This direct benefit of remating to females may explain why I found that …