The aim of this review is to consider the potential benefits that females may gain from mating
more than once in a single reproductive cycle. The relationship between non-genetic and …

There is growing interest in the possibility that genetic compatibility may drive mate choice,
including gamete choice, particularly from the perspective of understanding why females …

The past decade has seen a profound change in the scientific understanding of
reproduction. The traditional view of reproduction as a joint venture undertaken by two …

One hundred years after Darwin considered how sexual selection shapes the behavioral
and morphological characteristics of males for acquiring mates, Parker realized that sexual …

A fully updated guide to the increasingly prevalent use of molecular data in ecological
studies Molecular ecology is concerned with how molecular biology and population genetics …

The female reproductive tract is where competition between the sperm of different males
takes place, aided and abetted by the female herself. Intense postcopulatory sexual …

Although sexual selection can provide benefits to both sexes, it also can be costly because
of expanded opportunities for intersexual conflict. We evaluated the role of sexual selection …

▪ Abstract In contrast to Bateman's principle, there is now increasing evidence that female
fitness can depend on the number of mates obtained. A number of genetic benefits have …

Female choice for male ornamental traits is widely accepted as a mechanism by which
females maximize their reproductive success and/or offspring quality. However, there is an …

Speciation rates among extant lineages of organisms vary extensively, but our
understanding of the causes of this variation and, therefore, the processes of speciation is …