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Age-dependent female responses to a male ejaculate signal alter demographic opportunities for selection

A central tenet of evolutionary explanations for ageing is that the strength of selection wanes with age. However, data on age-specific expression and benefits of sexually selected traits are lacking—particularly for traits subject to sexual conflict. We addressed this by using as a model the respon...

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Autores principales: Fricke, Claudia, Green, Darrell, Mills, Walter E., Chapman, Tracey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23843383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0428