Female egg investment in relation to male sexual traits and the potential for transgenerational effects in sexual selection
Life-history theory predicts that individuals should increase their reproductive effort when the fitness return from reproduction is high. Females mated with high-quality males are therefore expected to have higher investment than females mated with low-quality males, which could bias estimates of p...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2005
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