Memory of social experience affects female fecundity via perception of fly deposits
Abstract Background Animals can exhibit remarkable reproductive plasticity in response to their social surroundings, with profound fitness consequences. The presence of same-sex conspecifics can signal current or future expected competition for resources or mates. Plastic responses to elevated sexu...
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Language: | English |
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2022-10-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01438-5 |