The consequences of polyandry for female fitness are controversial. Sexual conflict studies
and a meta‐analysis of mating rates in insects suggest that there is a longevity cost when …

ABSTRACT A central paradigm in evolutionary biology is that the fundamental divergence in
the fitness interests of the sexes ('sexual conflict') can lead to both the evolution of sex …

Publisher Summary The mechanisms of sexual reproduction are expected to be complex
and evolutionarily dynamic in internally fertilizing species, where numerous biochemical …

The net effect of sexual selection on nonsexual fitness is controversial. On one side,
elaborate display traits and preferences for them can be costly, reducing the nonsexual …

In Drosophila melanogaster, biological rhythms, aggression and mating are modulated by
group size and composition. However, the fitness significance of this group effect is …

Length of the sperm flagellum and of the female's primary sperm‐storage organ, the seminal
receptacle (SR), exhibit a pattern of rapid correlated evolution in Drosophila and other …

We describe a graphical model of interlocus coevolution used to distinguish between the
interlocus sexual conflict that leads to sexually antagonistic coevolution, and the intrinsic …

To investigate patterns of polyandry in the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), 20
pregnant females were sampled from the western North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Five …

Multiple mating has clear fitness benefits for males, but uncertain benefits and costs for
females. We tested for indirect genetic benefits of polyandry in a natural population, by using …

While polyandry is essentially ubiquitous across the animal kingdom, the net fitness
consequences of multiple mating remain the subject of much debate. In some taxa the costs …