Sex peptide receptor-regulated polyandry modulates the balance of pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in Drosophila

Autor: Juliano Morimoto, Grant C. McDonald, Emelia Smith, Damian T. Smith, Jennifer C. Perry, Tracey Chapman, Tommaso Pizzari, Stuart Wigby
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08113-w
Popis: Theory predicts that mating systems influence the relative strength of sexual selection before and after mating. Here, Morimoto and colleagues demonstrate that higher polyandry weakens precopulatory while strengthening post-copulatory sexual selection on males in Drosophila melanogaster.
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