Sexual selection gradients change over time in a simultaneous hermaphrodite
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Sexual selection gradients change over time in a simultaneous hermaphrodite
Sexual selection is generally predicted to act more strongly on males than on females. The Darwin-Bateman paradigm predicts that this should also hold for hermaphrodites. However, measuring this strength of selection is less straightforward when both sexual functions are performed throughout the organism's lifetime. Besides, quantifications of sexual selection are usually done during a short ti...
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عنوان ژورنال: eLife
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2050-084X
DOI: 10.7554/elife.25139