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The evolution of multiple mating: Costs and benefits of polyandry to females and of polygyny to males

Polyandry is a paradox: why do females mate multiple times when a single ejaculate often provides enough sperm for lifetime egg production? Gowaty et al. addressed explanations for polyandry in Drosophila pseudoobscura from the perspective of hypotheses based on sex differences in costs of reproduct...

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Autor principal: Gowaty, Patricia Adair
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3365835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22223093
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/fly.18330