Mixed mating system and variable mating patterns in tropical woody bamboos

Variable mating behaviors and the maintenance of tropical biodiversity

Current theoretical studies on mechanisms promoting species co-existence in diverse communities assume that species are fixed in their mating behavior. Each species is a discrete evolutionary unit, even though most empirical evidence indicates that inter-specific gene flow occurs in plant and animal groups. Here, in a data-driven meta-community model of species co-existence, we allow mating beh...

Mating Strategies of Tropical Insects

Structured mating: Patterns and implications

Genetic similarity of spouses can reflect factors influencing mate choice, such as physical/behavioral characteristics, and patterns of social endogamy. Spouse correlations for both genetic ancestry and measured traits may impact genotype distributions (Hardy Weinberg and linkage equilibrium), and therefore genetic association studies. Here we evaluate white spouse-pairs from the Framingham Hea...

Alternative Mating Tactics in a Tropical Damselfly

Damselflies and dragonflies (known collectively as odonates) are well known for their variety of strategies and tactics for finding mates. In some species, males go to a likely spot and sit and wait for females to come along, while in other species males patrol up and down a stream actively searching for females. Sitand-wait species are often territorial, while patrolling species are involved i...

Mating Systems and Strategies of Tropical Fishes