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| Title |
Female monopolization mediates the relationship between pre- and postcopulatory sexual traits
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| Published in |
Nature Communications, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1038/ncomms4184 |
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| Authors |
Stefan Lüpold, Joseph L. Tomkins, Leigh W. Simmons, John L. Fitzpatrick |
| Abstract |
Theory predicts a trade-off between investments in precopulatory (ornaments and armaments) and postcopulatory (testes and ejaculates) sexual traits due to the costs associated with their growth and maintenance within the finite energy resources available. Empirical studies, however, have revealed considerable inconsistency in the strength and direction of relationships among these sexual traits. Ambiguity may result from variance in the marginal benefits gained by increasing investments in either pre- or postcopulatory sexual traits. Here, in a broad comparative study, we test the prediction that the relationship between pre- and postcopulatory sexual traits differs among taxa relative to the importance of male-male contest competition within them. We find that covariance between pre- and postcopulatory sexual traits gradually shifts from strongly positive to strongly negative with increasing male-male contest competition. Thus, our findings reveal a potentially unifying explanation for the oftentimes inconsistent relationships in the strength and direction of covariance among sexual traits. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 166 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 157 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 41 | 25% |
| Researcher | 33 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 11% |
| Unknown | 20 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 113 | 68% |
| Environmental Science | 8 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Psychology | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 7 | 4% |
| Unknown | 29 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 115. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 December 2015.
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