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Mate Choice: Been There, Done That [PDF]

Current Biology, 2005
Females may benefit from mating with several males, but how can they avoid mating with the same male repeatedly? A new study of crickets has found that females mark their mates to avoid repeat copulations.
Tregenza, Tom, Hosken, David J.
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Deciphering genetic mate choice: Not so simple in group‐housed conservation breeding programs

Evolutionary Applications, 2020
Incorporating mate choice into conservation breeding programs can improve reproduction and the retention of natural behaviors. However, different types of genetic‐based mate choice can have varied consequences for genetic diversity management.
Katherine A. Farquharson, Carolyn J. Hogg, Katherine Belov, Catherine E. Grueber   +3 more
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Predator-induced changes of female mating preferences: innate and experiential effects [PDF]

, 2011
Background: In many species males face a higher predation risk than females because males display elaborate traits that evolved under sexual selection, which may attract not only females but also predators. Females are, therefore, predicted to avoid such
Michael Tobler, Riesch, Rüdiger, Arias-Rodriguez, Lenin, Tobler Michael, David Bierbach, Plath, Martin, Christian T Jung, Jung, Christian T., Jeane Rimber Indy, Benjamin Kunkel, Klaus, Sebastian, Rüdiger Riesch, Matthias Schulte, Jung Christian T, Indy, Jeane Rimber, Klaus Sebastian, Herrmann, Nina, Nina Herrmann, Sebastian Klaus, Stefan Stadler, Bierbach David, Riesch Rüdiger, Rimber Indy, Jeane, Herrmann Nina, Bierbach, David, Lenin Arias-Rodriguez, Tobler, Michael, Indy Jeane, Plath Martin, Stadler Stefan, Schulte Matthias, Arias-Rodriguez Lenin, Stadler, Stefan, Kunkel Benjamin, Madlen Ziege, Ziege, Madlen, Kunkel, Benjamin, Ziege Madlen, Schulte, Matthias, Martin Plath   +39 more
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The Possible Role of the Uropygial Gland on Mate Choice in Domestic Chicken

International Journal of Zoology, 2011
In avian mating systems, male domestic fowls are polygamous and mate with a number of selected members of the opposite sex. The factors that influence mating preference are considered to be visual cues.
Atsushi Hirao
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Do female association preferences predict the likelihood of reproduction? [PDF]

, 2010
Sexual selection acting on male traits through female mate choice is commonly inferred from female association preferences in dichotomous mate choice experiments.
Metcalfe, N.B., Lindstrom, J., Walling, C.A., Royle, N.J.   +3 more
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Sexual selection and mate choice [PDF]

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2006
Uploaded by Plazi for TaxoDros. We do not have abstracts.
Malte, Andersson, Leigh W, Simmons
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Mate choice copying and mate quality bias: different processes, different species

, 2009
First paragraph: Nonindependent mate choice occurs when a female is influenced in her choices by the actions of other females (Westneat et al. 2000). Mate choice copying is a form of nonindependent mate choice in which the probability of a male being ...
Antonios Vakirtzis, Roberts, S Craig, S. Craig Roberts, Vakirtzis, Antonios   +3 more
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Study on mate choice in animals

Reproduction and Breeding
Sexual selection is critical to animal reproduction. Mate choice not only determines an individual's capacity for reproduction but is also the primary mode of selection in sexual selection.
Zhongyuan Shen, Xixi Liu, Kaikun Luo, Liming Shao, Jing Wang, Wuhui Li, Shennan Li, Qianhong Gu, Liang Guo, Lei Zeng, Shi Wang, Chang Wu, Qinbo Qin   +12 more
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Nonindependent mate choice in monogamy

, 2010
First paragraph: Individuals usually mate with opposite-sex others based on their own assessment of prospective mates' suitability (reviews in Kempenaers 2007; Roberts and Little 2008), but this assessment can also be modulated by observing decisions of ...
Antonios Vakirtzis, Roberts, S Craig, S. Craig Roberts, Vakirtzis, Antonios   +3 more
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Major histocompatibility complex-associated odour preferences and human mate choice: near and far horizons [PDF]

, 2020
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a core part of the adaptive immune system. As in other vertebrate taxa, it may also affect human chemical communication via odour-based mate preferences, with greater attraction towards MHC-dissimilar ...
Roberts, S Craig, Havlicek, Jan, Winternitz, Jamie   +2 more
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