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Kin but less than kind: within-group male relatedness does not increase female fitness in seed beetles

Theory maintains within-group male relatedness can mediate sexual conflict by reducing male–male competition and collateral harm to females. We tested whether male relatedness can lessen female harm in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus. Male relatedness did not influence female lifetime repro...

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Autores principales: Berg, Elena C., Lind, Martin I., Monahan, Shannon, Bricout, Sophie, Maklakov, Alexei A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6742989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31506055
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1664