Waiting for love but not forever: Modeling the evolution of waiting time to selfing in hermaphrodites

Although mixed mating systems involving both selfing and outcrossing are fairly common in hermaphrodites, the mechanisms maintaining mixed mating are still unknown in many cases. In some species, individuals that have not yet found a mating partner delay self-fertilization for some time. This “waiti...

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Main Authors: Chantal Blüml, Steven A. Ramm, Koen J. van Benthem, Meike J. Wittmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.1002475/full