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Pre-copulatory choices drive post-copulatory decisions: mechanisms of female control shift across different life stages
BACKGROUND: The ‘wallflower’ hypothesis proposes females mate indiscriminately to avoid reproductive delays. Post-copulatory mechanisms may then allow ‘trading up’, favouring paternity of future mates. We tested links between pre- and post-copulatory choice in Latrodectus geometricus female spiders...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10294400/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37370021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02138-6 |