ArticleBiology letters2014
Emerging issues in the evolution of animal nuptial gifts.
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- Gone but not forgotten: dynamics of sperm storage and potential ejaculate digestion in the black soldier flyRoyal Society open science · 2024Article
- Sexually antagonistic coevolution of the male nuptial gift and female feeding behaviour in decorated crickets.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Paternity sharing in insects with female competition for nuptial gifts.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
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- Concerted evolution of metabolic rate, economics of mating, ecology, and pace of life across seed beetles.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
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- Evolution of nuptial gifts and its coevolutionary dynamics with male-like persistence traits of females for multiple mating.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
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- Thermal Preferences of Cowpea Seed Beetles (Insects · 2021Article
- Dietary macronutrient balance and fungal infection as drivers of spermatophore quality in the mealworm beetle.Current research in insect science · 2021Article
- Beyond Sperm and Male Accessory Gland Proteins: Exploring Insect Reproductive Metabolomes.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
- Seminal fluid and accessory male investment in sperm competition.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Review
- Does seed size mediate sex-specific reproduction costs in the Callosobruchus maculatus bean beetle?PloS one · 2019Article
- Nuptial gift chemistry reveals convergent evolution correlated with antagonism in mating systems of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones).Ecology and evolution · 2018Article
- Male contributions during mating increase female survival in the disease vector mosquito Aedes aegypti.Journal of insect physiology · 2018Article
- Structural complexity and molecular heterogeneity of a butterfly ejaculate reflect a complex history of selection.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017Article
- Females of a gift-giving spider do not trade sex for food gifts: a consequence of male deception?BMC evolutionary biology · 2017Article
- Male New Zealand robins (Petroica longipes) cater to their mate's desire when sharing food in the wild.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Sex determination and gender expression: Reproductive investment in snails.Molecular reproduction and development · 2017Review
- Molecular characterization of firefly nuptial gifts: a multi-omics approach sheds light on postcopulatory sexual selection.Scientific reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
Uniquely positioned at the intersection of sexual selection, nutritional ecology and life-history theory, nuptial gifts are widespread and diverse. Despite extensive empirical study, we still have only a rudimentary understanding of gift evolution because we lack a unified conceptual framework for considering these traits. In this opinion piece, we tackle several issues that we believe have substantively hindered progress in this area. Here, we: (i) present a comprehensive definition and classification scheme for nuptial gifts (including those transferred by simultaneous hermaphrodites), (ii) outline evolutionary predictions for different gift types, and (iii) highlight some research directions to help facilitate progress in this field.
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