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Age-based mate choice in the monandrous fruit fly Drosophila subobscura
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It is suggested that age-based preference by females can be consistent across populations with very different environments, even when those populations differ in other key mating-related traits such as offspring production and copulation duration.About:
This article is published in Animal Behaviour.The article was published on 2015-04-01. It has received 24 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mating system & Mate choice.read more
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Sexual experience has no effect on male mating or reproductive success in house mice.
TL;DR: Females’ initial attraction to a male correlated with their social preferences, but neither of these preference behaviours predicted male reproductive success – raising caveats for using mating preferences as surrogates for mate choice.
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Male age affects female mating preference but not fitness in the monandrous moth Dendrolimus punctatus Walker (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)
TL;DR: The results of the present study are the first demonstrate that females mated preferentially with younger males but gain no apparent fitness benefits in a monandrous moth species.
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No selection for change in polyandry under experimental evolution
Andreas Sutter,Andreas Sutter,Laura M. Travers,Laura M. Travers,Melanie Weedon,Keiko Oku,Tom A. R. Price,Nina Wedell +7 more
TL;DR: There were no clear fitness differences between high versus low polyandry genotypes, and there was no signature of balancing selection in Drosophila pseudoobscura, confirming patterns in direct comparisons between evolved and ancestral females.
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Gut microbiota influences female choice and fecundity in the nuptial gift-giving species, Drosophila subobscura (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
TL;DR: It is suggested that the microbiota of an individual may have important effects on both reproductive behaviour and physiology, and suggest that it may also contribute to the nutritional value of the nuptial gift in this system.
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Older males are more competitive in male fights and more aggressive toward females in the broad-horned flour beetle Gnatocerus cornutus
TL;DR: It is suggested that male–male competition constrains female preference for older males, and female choice and male– male competition may not be reinforcing in older G. cornutus males.
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Cost of mating in Drosophila melanogaster females is mediated by male accessory gland products
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Can older males deliver the good genes
Robert C. Brooks,Darrell J. Kemp +1 more
TL;DR: The evolution of mating preferences based on age, and in the relationship between longevity and fitness, are investigated to highlight the importance of understanding sexual selection from a life-history perspective.