Ultimate Drivers and Proximate Correlates of Polyandry in Predatory Mites.

Polyandry is more widespread than anticipated from Bateman's principle but its ultimate (evolutionary) causes and proximate (mechanistic) correlates are more difficult to pinpoint than those of polygyny. Here, we combined mating experiments, quantification of reproductive traits and microsatell...

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Main Authors: Peter Schausberger, J David Patiño-Ruiz, Masahiro Osakabe, Yasumasa Murata, Naoya Sugimoto, Ryuji Uesugi, Andreas Walzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0154355&type=printable
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