Degree of adaptive male mate choice is positively correlated with female quality variance
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Degree of adaptive male mate choice is positively correlated with female quality variance
When the cost of reproduction for males and variance in female quality are high, males are predicted to show adaptive mate choice. Using Drosophila melanogaster, we test this prediction and show that sperm limited males preferentially mated with young and/or well fed females. The preferred females had higher reproductive output--direct evidence of adaptive precopulatory male mate choice. Our mo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep00447