Intralocus sexual conflict can resolve the male-female health-survival paradox

C. Ruth Archer; Mario Recker; Eoin Duffy; David J. Hosken

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07541-y

Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Intralocus sexual conflict can resolve the male-female health-survival paradox

C. Ruth Archer,
Mario Recker,
Eoin Duffy,
David J. Hosken

Affiliations

C. Ruth Archer: Science and Engineering Research Support Facility, University of Exeter
Mario Recker: Science and Engineering Research Support Facility, University of Exeter
Eoin Duffy: Science and Engineering Research Support Facility, University of Exeter
David J. Hosken: Science and Engineering Research Support Facility, University of Exeter

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07541-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Although men have lower survival across ages, women have poorer health than men as they age. Here, Archer et al. suggest that this pattern is explained by intralocus sexual conflict and provide supporting evidence from a mathematical model and experiments with Drosophila.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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