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Superior stimulation of female fecundity by subordinate males provides a mechanism for telegony

When females mate promiscuously, rival males compete to fertilise the ova. In theory, a male can increase his success at siring offspring by inducing the female to lay more eggs, as well as by producing more competitive sperm. Here we report that the evolutionary consequences of fecundity stimulatio...

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Autores principales: Pascoal, Sonia, Jarrett, Benjamin J. M., Evans, Emma, Kilner, Rebecca M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6121788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30283669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/evl3.45