Seminal Fluid and Mate Choice: New Predictions

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• 作者：Angela J. Crean¹ ; Margo I. Adler¹ ; Russell Bonduriansky¹ ; ^{r.bonduriansky@unsw.edu.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：mate choice ; polyandry ; seminal plasma ; condition dependence ; nongenetic inheritance ; paternal effect
• 刊名：Trends in Ecology & Evolution
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：31
• 期：4
• 页码：253-255
• 全文大小：435 K

文摘

Recent evidence shows that seminal fluid can affect females and offspring independently of fertilisation in species lacking conventional ‘nuptial gifts’. We argue that a hypothesis from paternal investment systems – that selection can favour changing female preferences that maximise both sperm-borne and seminal fluid-borne benefits – could therefore apply much more broadly.