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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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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 |
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| author | Kokko, Hanna Jennions, Michael D. |
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| description | 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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| spelling | pubmed-98335052023-01-12 Is more always better when it comes to mating? Kokko, Hanna Jennions, Michael D. PLoS Biol Primer 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? Public Library of Science 2023-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9833505/ /pubmed/36630323 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001955 Text en © 2023 Kokko, Jennions https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| spellingShingle | Primer Kokko, Hanna Jennions, Michael D. Is more always better when it comes to mating? |
| title | Is more always better when it comes to mating? |
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| title_short | Is more always better when it comes to mating? |
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| url | 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 |
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