Ecology of female mating failure/lifelong virginity: a review of causal mechanisms in insects and arachnids
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DOI: 10.1111/eea.12759
Abstract: Sexual reproduction implies binary outcomes of competitive interactions for access to male gametes: lifelong virgin females with null fitness vs. mated females with variable (generally nonzero) fitness. Female mating failure has long remained a dormant… read more here.
Keywords: insects; lifelong virginity; arachnids; female mating ... See more keywords