ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2016
Sexual selection in hermaphrodites, sperm and broadcast spawners, plants and fungi.
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- Navigating the Semantic Labyrinth of "Sex" in the Study of Reproductive Trait Evolution.Integrative and comparative biology · 2026Article
- Chemical communication and its role in sexual selection across Animalia.Communications biology · 2023Review
- Sexual selection in seaweed? Testing Bateman's principles in the red algaProceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Female reproductive fluids 'rescue' sperm from phenotypic ageing in an external fertilizer.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- To self or not to self? Absence of mate choice despite costly outcrossing in the fungus Podospora anserina.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2023Article
- Density-dependent patterns of multivariate selection on sperm motility and morphology in a broadcast spawning mussel.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Indirect parental effects on offspring viability by egg-derived fluids in an external fertilizer.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2020Article
- The role of female reproductive fluid in sperm competition.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Review
- Sexual selection after gamete release in broadcast spawning invertebrates.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Review
- Direct and indirect selection on mate choice during pollen competition: Effects of male and female sexual traits on offspring performance following two-donor crosses.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2020Article
- Making sense of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in the light of evolution.Evolutionary applications · 2020Article
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- Ocean acidification during prefertilization chemical communication affects sperm success.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- RNA-seq coupled to proteomic analysis reveals high sperm proteome variation between two closely related marine mussel species.Journal of proteomics · 2019Article
- Plant-pollinator interactions along the pathway to paternity.Annals of botany · 2019Review
- Making sense of intralocus and interlocus sexual conflict.Ecology and evolution · 2018Review
- High levels of multiple paternity in a spermcast mating freshwater mussel.Ecology and evolution · 2018Article
- Gamete-mediated mate choice: towards a more inclusive view of sexual selection.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2018Review
- Do you see what I see? Optical morphology and visual capability of 'disco' clams (Biology open · 2017Article
- The frequency of sex in fungi.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2016Review
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Abstract
Darwin was the first to recognize that sexual selection is a strong evolutionary force. Exaggerated traits allow same-sex individuals to compete over access to mates and provide a mechanism by which mates are selected. It is relatively easy to appreciate how inter- and intrasexual selection work in organisms with the sensory capabilities to perceive physical or behavioural traits that signal mate quality or mate compatibility, and to assess the relative quality of competitors. It is therefore not surprising that most studies of sexual selection have focused on animals with separate sexes and obvious adaptations that function in the context of reproductive competition. Yet, many sexual organisms are both male and female at the same time, often lack sexual dimorphism and never come into direct contact at mating. How does sexual selection act in such species, and what can we learn from them? Here, we address these questions by exploring the potential for sexual selection in simultaneous hermaphrodites, sperm- and broadcast spawners, plants and fungi. Our review reveals a range of mechanisms of sexual selection, operating primarily after gametes have been released, which are common in many of these groups and also quite possibly in more familiar (internally fertilizing and sexually dimorphic) organisms.This article is part of the themed issue 'Weird sex: the underappreciated diversity of sexual reproduction'.
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