05/24/2024
Research Article
Ejaculation, mating effort and life history trade-offs
Theory assumes that allocation to pre- and post-copulatory sexual traits draws from a common pool of resources, creating equivalent life-history trade-offs. However, Meng-Han Joseph Chung, Rebecca Fox and Michael Jennions use a novel experiment with mosquitofish to reveal independent costs of mating effort and sperm allocation on subsequent male performance.
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