ArticleEvolution letters2026
Fast females, slow males: accelerated ageing and reproductive senescence in
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Females and males typically differ in lifespan, patterns of ageing, and reproduction. General explanations for variation in the magnitude of this sex-specificity remain elusive, and the role of the social environment in this context is under-explored. Sexual selection theory predicts that males should adopt a "live fast, die young" strategy, as their fitness is likely to be contingent on intense investment to achieve success in competing for potentially few matings. However, there is a growing realization that sexual selection can act on a much broader suite of "general performance" traits than only those directly related to mating competition. This, combined with frequently observed high costs of reproduction in females, makes an alternative prediction-that ageing and reproductive senescence can be high for females, and could potentially exceed what is seen in males. We tested these contrasting predictions in the fruit fly
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