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Title: | Fitness consequences of female multiple mating: a direct test of indirect benefits |
Author: | Barbosa, Miguel Connolly, Sean R. Hisano, Mizue Dornelas, Maria Magurran, Anne E. |
Keywords: | Selection Fitness Benefits Sex ratio Growth rate Size at birth Mate choice Multiple mating |
Issue Date: | 15-Sep-2012 |
Publisher: | BMC |
Abstract: | The observation that females mate multiply when males provide nothing but sperm - which sexual selection theory suggests is unlikely to be limiting - continues to puzzle evolutionary biologists. Here we test the hypothesis that multiple mating is prevalent under such circumstances because it enhances female fitness. We do this by allowing female Trinidadian guppies to mate with either a single male or with multiple males, and then tracking the consequences of these matings across two generations. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/26740 |
DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2148-12-185 |
Appears in Collections: | CESAM - Artigos DBio - Artigos |
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