| Title |
Fitness consequences of female multiple mating: A direct test of indirect benefits
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-12-185 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Miguel Barbosa, Sean R Connolly, Mizue Hisano, Maria Dornelas, Anne E Magurran |
| Abstract |
The observation that females mate multiply when males provide nothing but sperm - which sexual selection theory suggests is unlikely to be limiting - continues to puzzle evolutionary biologists. Here we test the hypothesis that multiple mating is prevalent under such circumstances because it enhances female fitness. We do this by allowing female Trinidadian guppies to mate with either a single male or with multiple males, and then tracking the consequences of these matings across two generations. |
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| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 17% |
| Japan | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Scientists | 2 | 33% |
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| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 73 | 92% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 22% |
| Researcher | 13 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 13% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 11 | 14% |
| Unknown | 11 | 14% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 53 | 67% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 12 | 15% |
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