Is more always better when it comes to mating?

Fitness usually increases when a male mates with more females, but is the same true for females? A new meta-analysis in PLOS Biology shows that females, like males, tend to have a positive relationship between the number of mates and their reproductive output. But why? Fitness usually increases when...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hanna Kokko, Michael D. Jennions
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9833505/?tool=EBI