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Evolution of male and female choice in polyandrous systems.
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- Effects of social and environmental contexts on multi-male mating and mixed paternity in socially monogamous female prairie voles.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Mating status affects female choice when females are signalers.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Males mate with females even after sperm depletion in the two-spotted spider mite.Experimental & applied acarology · 2022Article
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- A life-history perspective on sexual selection in a polygamous species.BMC evolutionary biology · 2020Article
- Mating Delay Reduces Reproductive Performance but not Longevity in a Monandrous Moth.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2020Article
- Sex roles and the evolution of parental care specialization.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Not all sex ratios are equal: the Fisher condition, parental care and sexual selection.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2017Review
- Evolution of male and female choice in polyandrous systems.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
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Abstract
We study the evolution of male and female mating strategies and mate choice for female fecundity and male fertilization ability in a system where both sexes can mate with multiple partners, and where there is variation in individual quality (i.e. in the availability of resources individuals can allocate to matings, mate choice and production of gametes). We find that when the cost of mating differs between sexes, the sex with higher cost of mating is reluctant to accept matings and is often also choosy, while the other sex accepts all matings. With equal mating costs, the evolution of mating strategies depends on the strength of female sperm limitation, so that when sperm limitation is strong, males are often reluctant and choosy, whereas females tend to accept available matings. Male reluctance evolves because a male's benefit per mating diminishes rapidly as he mates too often, hence losing out in the process of sperm competition as he spends much of his resources on mating costs rather than ejaculate production. When sperm limitation is weaker, females become more reluctant and males are more eager to mate. The model thus suggests that reversed sex roles are plausible outcomes of polyandry and limited sperm production. Implications for empirical studies of mate choice are discussed.
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