Female social preference for males that have evolved via monogamy: Evidence of a trade-off between pre- and post-copulatory sexually selected traits?

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Firman, Reneé C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experimental evolution; Female choice; House mice; Polyandry; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MONOGAMY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POLYANDRY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM COMPETITION; TRADE-OFF; VIABILITY;

MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84924971747     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0659     Document Type: Article

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