ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2020
Sperm competition when transfer is dangerous.
Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Solitary Confinement: Surprising Post-Copulatory Behaviour of an Australian Species of Wishbone Spider (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae:Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Sperm Transfer Under Behavioral and Morphological Constraints in the Orb-Web Spider Genus Argiope.Integrative zoology · 2026Article
- Sperm depletion and mate choice of the crab spider,Current zoology · 2025Article
- Sexual conflict underlying external female genital mutilation in spiders: assessing whether females benefit from multiple matings.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Females adopt sexual catalepsy to facilitate mating.Current zoology · 2024Article
- Flow-Induced Protein Chain Deformation, Segmental Orientation, and Phase Separation in Native Silk Feedstock.Biomacromolecules · 2023Article
- Copulatory behaviour and genital mechanics suggest sperm allocation by a non-intromittent sclerite in a pholcid spider.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Female mating rates and their fitness consequences in the common house spiderEcology and evolution · 2022Article
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- Male mating strategies to counter sexual conflict in spiders.Communications biology · 2022Article
- Silk-borne chemicals of spider nuptial gifts elicit female gift acceptance.Biology letters · 2021Article
- Differential allocation in a gift-giving spider: males adjust their reproductive investment in response to female condition.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Fifty years of sperm competition: the structure of a scientific revolution.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Article
- Risky business: males choose more receptive adults over safer subadults in a cannibalistic spider.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Aggressive and cannibalistic female spiders can impose strong selection on male mating and fertilization strategies. Furthermore, the distinctive reproductive morphology of spiders is predicted to influence the outcome of sperm competition. Polyandry is common in spiders, leading to defensive male strategies that include guarding, plugging and self-sacrifice. Paternity patterns are highly variable and unlikely to be determined solely by mating order, but rather by relative copulation duration, deployment of plugs and cryptic female choice. The ability to strategically allocate sperm is limited, either by the need to refill pedipalps periodically or owing to permanent sperm depletion after mating. Further insights now rely on unravelling several proximate mechanisms such as the process of sperm activation and the role of seminal fluids. This article is part of the theme issue 'Fifty years of sperm competition'.
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