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| Title |
Do Genetic Diversity Effects Drive the Benefits Associated with Multiple Mating? A Test in a Marine Invertebrate
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0006347 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Laura McLeod, Dustin J. Marshall |
| Abstract |
Mothers that mate with multiple males often produce higher quality offspring than mothers that mate with a single male. By engaging in polyandry, mothers may increase their chances of mating with a compatible male or promote sperm competition -- both of which act to increase maternal fitness via the biasing of the paternity of offspring. Surprisingly, mating with multiple males, can carry benefits without biasing paternity and may be due simply to differences in genetic diversity between monandrous and polyandrous clutches but role of genetic diversity effects in driving the benefits of polyandry remains poorly tested. Disentangling indirect, genetic benefits from genetic diversity effects is challenging but crucial if we are to understand the selection pressures acting to promote polyandry. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 83 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Romania | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 75 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 23 | 28% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 8 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 61 | 73% |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 4% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 1% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 7 | 8% |