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Is more always better when it comes to mating?
Fitness usually increases when a male mates with more females, but is the same true for females? A new meta-analysis in PLOS Biology shows that females, like males, tend to have a positive relationship between the number of mates and their reproductive output. But why?
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9833505/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36630323 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001955 |
| Sumario: | Fitness usually increases when a male mates with more females, but is the same true for females? A new meta-analysis in PLOS Biology shows that females, like males, tend to have a positive relationship between the number of mates and their reproductive output. But why? |
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