Anisogamy explains why males benefit more from additional matings

Anisogamy explains why males benefit more from additional matings

Why do males typically compete more intensely for mating opportunities than do females and how does this relate to sex differences in gamete size? A new study provides a formal evolutionary link between gamete size dimorphism and ‘Bateman gradients’, which describe how much individuals of each sex b...

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Published in:Nature communications 2022-07, Vol.13 (1), p.3893-3893, Article 3893
Main Authors: Henshaw, Jonathan M, Jones, Adam G, Schärer, Lukas
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Animal reproduction
Comment
Competition
Dimorphism
Eggs
Females
Gender aspects
Gender differences
Males
Sex differences
Sexes
Sperm
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Summary:Why do males typically compete more intensely for mating opportunities than do females and how does this relate to sex differences in gamete size? A new study provides a formal evolutionary link between gamete size dimorphism and ‘Bateman gradients’, which describe how much individuals of each sex benefit from additional matings.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723