Anisogamy explains why males benefit more from additional matings

Jonathan M. Henshaw; Adam G. Jones; Lukas Schärer

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31620-w

Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Anisogamy explains why males benefit more from additional matings

Jonathan M. Henshaw,
Adam G. Jones,
Lukas Schärer

Affiliations

Jonathan M. Henshaw: Institute of Biology I, University of Freiburg
Adam G. Jones: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho
Lukas Schärer: Zoological Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31620-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Why do males typically compete more intensely for mating opportunities than do females and how does this relate to sex differences in gamete size? A new study provides a formal evolutionary link between gamete size dimorphism and ‘Bateman gradients’, which describe how much individuals of each sex benefit from additional matings.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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