Evidence for stronger discrimination between conspecific and heterospecific mating partners in sexual vs. asexual female freshwater snails
Once-useful traits that no longer contribute to fitness tend to decay over time. Here, we address whether the expression of mating-related traits that increase the fitness of sexually reproducing individuals but are likely less useful or even costly to asexual counterparts seems to exhibit decay in...
Main Authors: | Sydney Stork, Joseph Jalinsky, Maurine Neiman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2022-11-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/14470.pdf |
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