In 1948, Angus J. Bateman reported a stronger relationship between mating and reproductive success in male fruit flies compared with females, and concluded that selection …
Bateman's classic paper on fly mating systems inspired quantitative study of sexual selection but also resulted in much debate and confusion. Here, I consider the meaning of Bateman's …
The bright colors of birds are often attributed to sexual selection on males, but in many species both sexes are colorful and it has been long debated whether sexual selection can …
The study of sexual selection has traditionally focused on events and behaviours immediately surrounding copulation. In this study, we examine whether carry-over effects …
IJ Koch, SR Narum - Evolutionary Applications, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lifetime reproductive success (LRS), the number of offspring produced over an organism's lifetime, is a fundamental component of Darwinian fitness. For taxa such as salmonids with …
Evolutionary biologists have developed several indices, such as selection gradients (β) and the opportunity for sexual selection (I s), to quantify the actual and/or potential strength of …
J Collet, DS Richardson, K Worley… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
In principle, widespread polyandry (female promiscuity) creates potential for sexual selection in males both before and after copulation. However, the way polyandry affects pre …
Although male age has often been found to predict success in gaining extra‐pair paternity, it is unclear whether this gain is associated with an individual's success in avoiding cuckoldry …
770—PeRSPectiveS in oRnitHology— auK, vol. 125 (2001: 39) stated that “while extra-pair mating systems are the norm for temperate zone passerines, this is not true for tropical …