The costs and benefits of multiple mating in a mostly monandrous wasp [PDF]
, 2015 Funding: NERC DTGThe taxonomically widespread nature of polyandry remains a puzzle. Much of the empirical work regarding the costs and benefits of multiple mating to females has, for obvious reasons, relied on species that are already highly polyandrous.
Boulton, Rebecca +3 more
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Mendelian inheritance of introrse orientated anthers in Brassica rapa
Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2022 The inheritance of anther orientation of 154 individuals from two B1 populations of Brassica rapa (syn. Brassica campestris) was evaluated under controlled conditions in a greenhouse.
Jaroslav Salava, Derek Lydiate
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Evolution of Divergent Female Mating Preference in Response to Experimental Sexual Selection [PDF]
, 2014 Sexual selection is predicted to drive the coevolution of mating signals and preferences (mating traits) within populations, and could play a role in speciation if sexual isolation arises due to mating trait divergence between populations. However, few
Debelle, A. +5 more
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Female mating decisions in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata [PDF]
, 2009 Contrary to traditional belief, the decisions that females make before, during and after mating shape its outcome and ultimately fitness. The aim of this thesis was to examine how females modify and adjust their mating decisions in line with social and ...
Barbosa, Miguel
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Plant Mating Systems Often Vary Widely Among Populations
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Most flowering plants are hermaphroditic, yet the proportion of seeds fertilized by self and outcross pollen varies widely among species, ranging from predominant self-fertilization to exclusive outcrossing.
Michael R. Whitehead +4 more
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Mixed mating system and variable mating patterns in tropical woody bamboos
BMC Plant Biology, 2019 Background So far, little is known in detail about mating systems of woody bamboos. Paternity analysis of offspring improved our understanding of these systems, and contributed to their germplasm conservation and genetic improvement.
Ning Xie +3 more
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No Detectable Fertility Benefit from a Single Additional Mating in Wild Stalk-Eyed Flies [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Multiple mating by female insects is widespread, and the explanation(s) for repeated mating by females has been the subject of much discussion.
Fowler, K +8 more
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Female mating decisions in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus) [PDF]
, 2011 The aim of this study was to obtain an understanding of the basis to female mating decisions in the Chinese rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Bitterling have a resource-based mating system that involves the female laying her eggs inside the gills of a
Agbali, Muna
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Mating system drives negative associations between morphological features in
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2010 Background Sexual morphological features are known to be associated with the mating systems of several animal groups. However, it has been suggested that morphological features other than sexual characteristics could also be constrained by the mating ...
Beltran Sophie +3 more
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On extending the Hardy-Weinberg law
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2007 This paper gives a general mating system for an autosomal locus with two alleles. The population reproduces in discrete and non-overlapping generations.
Alan E. Stark
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