Mating unplugged: A model for the evolution of mating plug (dis-)placement

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-39

  Fromhage, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Game theory; Mating plug; Mating strategies; Sexual selection; Simulation; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAME THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAME; MALE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84855288233     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01406.x     Document Type: Article

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